Editorial Review
<>Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed offers comprehensive coverage of SQL Server 2005 that goes beyond the basic syntax and information you’ll find in the product manuals, providing in-depth information derived from the authors’ real-world experience to help you build upon your working knowledge of the product and take your experience and knowledge to a higher level. This book focuses primarily on the information needed by system and database administrators, as well as for users with overlapping duties as both DBA and developer. Included is extensive coverage of the new features and upgraded tools and capabilities of SQL Server 2005, including .NET Framework integration, Integration Services, Service Broker, Database Mirroring and Snapshots, and Reporting Services.
Detailed information on…
- Installing, upgrading, and administering SQL Server 2005
- Database maintenance, backup, and recovery
- Creating and managing tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions
- Database and index design
- SQL Server query optimization, and performance monitoring and tuning
- Transactions, transaction management, and distributed transactions
- SQL Server Management Studio—NEW!
- SQL Server Notification Services; Integration Services—NEW!; Analysis Services; Reporting Services—NEW!; Web Services—NEW!
- SQL Server Service Broker—NEW!
- SQL Server and Microsoft .NET Framework integration, including CLR-based stored procedures, functions, and triggers—NEW!
- SQL Server high availability and SQL Server clustering and replication
- Database Mirroring—NEW!
- Database Snapshots—NEW!
- Using XML in SQL Server 2005
- SQL Server tools and utilities
CD-ROM includes
- 8 bonus chapters covering topics such as Notification Services, Service Broker, and Full-Text Search
- Code samples, scripts, and sample databases
- A PDF version of the entire book
Introduction
Part I Welcome to Microsoft SQL Server
1 SQL Server 2005 Overview
2 What’s New in SQL Server 2005
Part II SQL Server Tools and Utilities
3 SQL Server Management Studio
4 SQL Server Command-Line Utilities
5 SQL Server Profiler
Part III SQL Server Administration
6 SQL Server System and Database Administration
7 Installing SQL Server 2005
8 Upgrading to SQL Server 2005
9 Client Installation and Configuration
10 Security and User Administration
11 Database Backup and Restore
12 Database Mail
13 SQL Server Scheduling and Notification
14 SQL Server High Availability.
15 Replication
16 Database Mirroring
17 SQL Server Clustering
Part IV Database Administration
18 Creating and Managing Databases
19 Creating and Managing Tables
20 Creating and Managing Indexes
21 Implementing Data Integrity
22 Creating and Managing Views in SQL Server
23 Creating and Managing Stored Procedures
24 Creating and Managing User-Defined Functions
25 Creating and Managing Triggers
26 Transaction Management and the Transaction Log
27 Database Snapshots
28 Database Maintenance
Part V SQL Server Performance and Optimization
29 Indexes and Performance
30 Understanding Query Optimization
31 Query Analysis
32 Locking and Performance
33 Database Design and Performance
34 Monitoring SQL Server Performance
Part VI SQL Server Application Development
35 What’s New for Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2005
36 SQL Server and the .NET Framework
37 Using XML in SQL Server 2005
38 SQL Server Web Services
Part VII SQL Server Business Intelligence Features
39 SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
40 SQL Server Integration Services
41 SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Bonus Chapters on the CD
42 Managing Linked and Remote Servers
43 Configuring, Tuning, and Optimizing SQL Server Options
44 Administering Very Large SQL Server Databases
45 SQL Server Disaster Recovery Planning
46 Transact-SQL Programming Guidelines, Tips, and Tricks
47 SQL Server Notification Services
48 SQL Server Service Broker
49 SQL Server Full-Text Search
Index
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Customer Reviews
Great book, disappointed in shipping 
2008-09-29
Great book!
However, it arrived very slightly damaged (one corner bent). Not enough damage to bother with a return; but disappointing on a brand new, expensive book.
Amazon does not seem to be paying as much attention to packing/shipping as they once did.
good but needs editting 
2008-07-08
There are a lot of typos and grammar errors in the book. Like "or" instead of "for", for example.
dotNet Developer 2008-07-08
As a dotNet Developer, I am often called upon to write my own database code or maintain existing db code. I am also called upon to diagnose performance problems or set security. Sometimes on lightly staffed projects, I am a defacto DBA.
I have always strived to have a comprehensive understanding of the technologies I use. However, my level of understanding of SQL Server was more limited then my understanding of the other technologies I use.
I purchased this book based on existing Amazon recommendations. In particular, I was interested in the Performance and Security sections, as well as what is new. It did not disappoint. The depth on items like Indexes was exactly what I was looking for. The discussion of new items was enough to get we to a working level.
So it definitely fulfilled my needs and expectations.
However, the book seems aimed at DBAs. Given the number of topics covered in the book, I suspect it could not be comprehensive enough to take an intermediate DBA to the Advanced stage.
But for someone like me, who is often called upon to be an 'acting' DBA it serves as an excellent reference; in addition to providing a tutorial on the topics mentioned above.
Just simply a great reference for SQL Server 2005 2008-06-25
Even for a beginner like me. This is a great book as a reference or if you learn by experimenting and need a book to look up things here and there. I'm not an expert with SQL Server but it really seems like this book is a must have if you're dealing with SQL Server setup, management, etc..
great reference 2008-06-18
I used this almost every day now for the past couple months. I used it as a reference with developing in SQL SEVER 2005. It answers about 80% of my questions. Must books answer a little more then half - so I give this five stars.
If you write a lot of code in SQL, I highly recommended this book.
Microsoft(R) SQL Server 2005 Unleashed 2008-02-19
<>Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Unleashed offers comprehensive coverage of SQL Server 2005 that goes beyond the basic syntax and information you’ll find in the product manuals, providing in-depth information derived from the authors’ real-world experience to help you build upon your working knowledge of the product and take your experience and knowledge to a higher level. This book focuses primarily on the information needed by system and database administrators, as well as for users with overlapping duties as both DBA and developer. Included is extensive coverage of the new features and upgraded tools and capabilities of SQL Server 2005, including .NET Framework integration, Integration Services, Service Broker, Database Mirroring and Snapshots, and Reporting Services.
Detailed information on…
- Installing, upgrading, and administering SQL Server 2005
- Database maintenance, backup, and recovery
- Creating and managing tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions
- Database and index design
- SQL Server query optimization, and performance monitoring and tuning
- Transactions, transaction management, and distributed transactions
- SQL Server Management Studio—NEW!
- SQL Server Notification Services; Integration Services—NEW!; Analysis Services; Reporting Services—NEW!; Web Services—NEW!
- SQL Server Service Broker—NEW!
- SQL Server and Microsoft .NET Framework integration, including CLR-based stored procedures, functions, and triggers—NEW!
- SQL Server high availability and SQL Server clustering and replication
- Database Mirroring—NEW!
- Database Snapshots—NEW!
- Using XML in SQL Server 2005
- SQL Server tools and utilities
CD-ROM includes
- 8 bonus chapters covering topics such as Notification Services, Service Broker, and Full-Text Search
- Code samples, scripts, and sample databases
- A PDF version of the entire book
Introduction
Part I Welcome to Microsoft SQL Server
1 SQL Server 2005 Overview
2 What’s New in SQL Server 2005
Part II SQL Server Tools and Utilities
3 SQL Server Management Studio
4 SQL Server Command-Line Utilities
5 SQL Server Profiler
Part III SQL Server Administration
6 SQL Server System and Database Administration
7 Installing SQL Server 2005
8 Upgrading to SQL Server 2005
9 Client Installation and Configuration
10 Security and User Administration
11 Database Backup and Restore
12 Database Mail
13 SQL Server Scheduling and Notification
14 SQL Server High Availability.
15 Replication
16 Database Mirroring
17 SQL Server Clustering
Part IV Database Administration
18 Creating and Managing Databases
19 Creating and Managing Tables
20 Creating and Managing Indexes
21 Implementing Data Integrity
22 Creating and Managing Views in SQL Server
23 Creating and Managing Stored Procedures
24 Creating and Managing User-Defined Functions
25 Creating and Managing Triggers
26 Transaction Management and the Transaction Log
27 Database Snapshots
28 Database Maintenance
Part V SQL Server Performance and Optimization
29 Indexes and Performance
30 Understanding Query Optimization
31 Query Analysis
32 Locking and Performance
33 Database Design and Performance
34 Monitoring SQL Server Performance
Part VI SQL Server Application Development
35 What’s New for Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2005
36 SQL Server and the .NET Framework
37 Using XML in SQL Server 2005
38 SQL Server Web Services
Part VII SQL Server Business Intelligence Features
39 SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
40 SQL Server Integration Services
41 SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Bonus Chapters on the CD
42 Managing Linked and Remote Servers
43 Configuring, Tuning, and Optimizing SQL Server Options
44 Administering Very Large SQL Server Databases
45 SQL Server Disaster Recovery Planning
46 Transact-SQL Programming Guidelines, Tips, and Tricks
47 SQL Server Notification Services
48 SQL Server Service Broker
49 SQL Server Full-Text Search
Index
The most comprehensive SQL 2005 book in the market 2008-01-25
This book covers most aspects of SQL 2005. Some topics are only covered at a perfunctory level (Business Intelligence, SSIS, T-SQL etc). But many of the topics, especially archtectural ones, are covered with high level of expertise.
If you need to buy one book that covers most aspects of SQL 2005 then this should be the one. It is better and more comprehensive than "SQL 2000 Unleashed", which was also an excellent book.
Here are the topics the book covers especially well:
1)SQL 2005 Install and upgrade
2)Replication
3)Data Mirroring and other high availability solutions.
4)Index and Statistics.
5)Locking and Deadlocks.
There are better books out there for each of individual the topics of SQL 2005. But there are no book I know of which covers them as comprehensively at a high level as this book.
A Good SQL Server Guide 2007-09-21
I did not realize this book is HUGE after I got one. This book demonstrates every functionalities that MS SQL Server 2005 has and illustrates every functionality in details. Therefore, this book is worth to buy. Besides, the delivery was faster than I expected. GOOD SERVICE!
Excellent Low-level Detail for Experienced Programmers/DBAs 2007-09-17
After reading Microsoft's books about their own products, this book is a knight in shining armor. It dives into the nitty-gritty details and actual gives useful information, instead of regurgitating sparse on-line documentation.
Excellent purchase! 2007-09-08
This book is all what you need to get started with MSSQL 2005. A thorough explanation and still very usefull as a reference. Read it from start-to-finish (note 2000 pages) or read a chapter as you need it.
