SQL Server 2012 Pro

Learn about the Game Changer new features of SQL Server 2012 in server & database administration, database design, programming, business intelligence and cloud computing. Relational database design and SQL (Structured Query Language) programming teach-by-practical-diagrams-&-examples book for developers, programmers, systems analysts and project managers who are new to relational database and client/server technologies. Also for database developers, database designers and database administrators (DBA), who know some SQL programming and database design, and who wish to refresh & expand their RDBMS design & development technology horizons. The book covers all topics for exam 70-461. Familiarity with at least one computer programming language, Windows file system & Excel is assumed. Since the book is career advancement oriented, it has a great number of 3NF database design examples with metadata explanations along with practical SQL queries (over 1,500 SELECT queries) and T-SQL scripts, plenty to learn indeed. Great emphasis is placed on explaining the FOREIGN KEY - PRIMARY KEY constraints among tables, the connections which make the collection of individual tables a database. The database diagrams and queries are based on historic and current SQL Server sample databases: pubs (PRIMARY KEYs 9, FOREIGN KEYs 10) , Northwind (PRIMARY KEYs 13, FOREIGN KEYs 13) and the latest AdventureWorks series. Among them: AdventureWorks, AdventureWorks2008, AdventureWorks2012 (PRIMARY KEYs 71, FOREIGN KEYs 90), & AdventureWorksDW2012 (PRIMARY KEYs 27, FOREIGN KEYs 44). The last one is a data warehouse database which is the basis for multi-dimensional OLAP cubes. Sample databases installation instructions are included. The book teaches through vivid database diagrams and T-SQL queries how to think in terms of sets at a very high level, focusing on set-based operations instead of loops like in procedural programming languages. There is a chapter dedicated to the new programming features of SQL Server 2012 and XML. The best way to master T-SQL programming is to type the query in your own SQL Server Management Studio Query Editor, test it, examine it, change it and study it. Wouldn't it be easier just to copy & paste it? It would, but the learning value would diminish rapidly. You need to feel relational database design and the SQL language in your DNA. SQL queries must "pour" out from your fingers into the keyboard. Why is knowing SQL queries by heart so important? After all everything can be found on the web so why not just copy & paste? Well not exactly. If you want to be an database designer & development expert, it has to be in your head not on the web. Second, when your supervisor is looking over your shoulder, "Steve, can you tell me what is the total revenue for March?", you have to be able to type the query without documentation or SQL forum search and provide the results to your superior promptly. The book was designed to be readable in any environment, even on the beach laptop around or no laptop in sight at all. All queries are followed by results row count and /or full/partial results listing in tabular (grid) format. Screenshots are used when dealing with GUI tools such as SQL Server Management Studio. SQL Server 2012 installation instructions with screenshots are included. Mastery of the database design & SQL programming book likely to be sufficient for career advancement as a database designer and database developer.

了解SQL Server 2012的Game Changer新功能，包括伺服器和資料庫管理、資料庫設計、程式設計、商業智能和雲端運算。這本書是一本以實例和範例教學的關於關聯式資料庫設計和SQL（結構化查詢語言）程式設計的書籍，適合對關聯式資料庫和客戶/伺服器技術新手的開發人員、程式設計師、系統分析師和專案經理。同樣適用於已經了解一些SQL程式設計和資料庫設計的資料庫開發人員、資料庫設計師和資料庫管理員（DBA），並希望更新和擴展他們的關聯式資料庫管理系統設計和開發技術。本書涵蓋了70-461考試的所有主題。假設讀者至少熟悉一種電腦程式語言、Windows檔案系統和Excel。由於本書以職業發展為導向，其中包含了大量的3NF資料庫設計範例，並附有元數據解釋，以及實用的SQL查詢（超過1,500個SELECT查詢）和T-SQL腳本，非常適合學習。本書非常強調解釋表之間的外鍵-主鍵約束，這些連接使得個別表的集合成為一個資料庫。資料庫圖表和查詢是基於歷史和當前的SQL Server範例資料庫：pubs（主鍵9，外鍵10），Northwind（主鍵13，外鍵13）和最新的AdventureWorks系列。其中包括：AdventureWorks，AdventureWorks2008，AdventureWorks2012（主鍵71，外鍵90）和AdventureWorksDW2012（主鍵27，外鍵44）。最後一個是一個數據倉庫資料庫，是多維OLAP立方體的基礎。書中包含了示範資料庫的安裝說明。本書通過生動的資料庫圖表和T-SQL查詢教授如何以非常高的層次思考集合，專注於基於集合的操作，而不是像程序性程式設計語言中的迴圈。書中有一章專門介紹SQL Server 2012和XML的新程式設計功能。掌握T-SQL程式設計的最佳方法是在自己的SQL Server Management Studio查詢編輯器中輸入查詢，測試、檢查、更改和學習。只要複製和貼上不是更容易嗎？是的，但學習價值會迅速降低。你需要將關聯式資料庫設計和SQL語言融入你的DNA中。SQL查詢必須從你的手指流入鍵盤。為什麼要記住SQL查詢如此重要？畢竟，一切都可以在網上找到，為什麼不只是複製和貼上？嗯，不完全是這樣。如果你想成為一個資料庫設計師和開發專家，它必須存在於你的頭腦中，而不是在網上。其次，當你的主管在你的肩膀上看著你時，“史蒂夫，你能告訴我三月份的總收入是多少嗎？”你必須能夠在沒有文件或SQL論壇搜索的情況下輸入查詢並迅速向上級提供結果。本書設計成在任何環境下都可閱讀，即使在海灘上，無論是帶著筆記型電腦還是根本沒有筆記型電腦。所有查詢都附有結果行數和/或完整/部分結果的表格（網格）格式。在處理SQL Server Management Studio等圖形使用者介面工具時，使用屏幕截圖。書中還包含了SQL Server 2012的安裝說明和屏幕截圖。掌握資料庫設計和SQL程式設計的技能可能足以在職業發展中成為一名資料庫設計師和資料庫開發人員。