The Handbook for Reluctant Database Administrators

Josef Finsel, G.A. Sullivan

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English

APress
27 September 2001

Reference works; Maintenance & repairs; Databases

Feeling reluctant?

The Handbook for Reluctant Database Administrators

provides you a solid grasp of what youll need to design, build, secure, and maintain a database. Author Josef Finsel writes from an understanding point of view; he also crossed over from programming to database administration. Furthermore, DBA veteran Francis Stanisci comments throughout the book, sharing insight from his own years of experience.

By: Josef Finsel, G.A. Sullivan
Imprint: APress
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1st ed.
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 1.202kg
ISBN: 9781893115903
ISBN 10: 1893115909
Pages: 550
Publication Date: 27 September 2001
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Where Did Databases Come From? Chapter 2: How Do I Install SQL Server? Chapter 3: How Do I Visually Manage Objects? Chapter 4: How Do I Back Up and Restore My Data? Chapter 5: How Do I Define and Structure a Database? Chapter 6: What Is a View? Chapter 7: The Power of Indexing Chapter 8: Introduction to Query Analyzer Chapter 9: Working with Data: Basic Stored Procedures Chapter 10: Working with Data: Beyond the Basics Chapter 11: How Do I Secure My Data? Chapter 12: How Can SQL Server Agent Make Life Easier? Chapter 13: If SQL Server 2000 Is a .NET Server, Where?s the XML? Chapter 14: What Are the Data Transformation Services (DTS)? Chapter 15: Should I Bother to Learn SQL Profiler? Chapter 16: What Are System Monitor and Performance Monitor? Chapter 17 What a Reluctant DBA Needs to Know about .NET Last Words: Does Reading This Book Make Me a DBA? Appendix A How Do I Load the Examples? Appendix B How Can I Find Information More Efficiently? Appendix C Recommended for the Bookshelf Appendix D Bulk Copy Program Glossary

Josef Finsel is a software consultant specializing in .NET and SQL Server. He has published a number of Visual Basic, .NET, and SQL Server-related articles and is the Q&A columnist for asp.netNOW, the e-newsletter for asp.netPRO magazine. When not working for clients, he works out the syntax for FizzBin.net, a programming language that works the way programmers have always suspected a programming language should.