Inside
Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000
The definitive guide to the architecture and internals of the premier enterprise-class RDBMS
Master the inner workings of today’s premier relational database management
system with this official guide to the SQL Server™ 2000 engine. Written by a
renowned columnist in partnership with the product development team, this is the
must-read book for anyone who needs to understand how SQL Server internal
structures affect application development and functionality. Its extensive
details about the latest product enhancements, updated installation and
administration, and its development advice can help you create high-performance
data-warehousing, transaction-processing, and decision-support applications that
will scale up for any challenge. Topics covered include:
• Evolution, architecture, and toolset: The history of SQL Server since 1989, an
architectural overview, and a comprehensive tour of its tools and features
• Planning and deployment: Everything you need to know about installation and
deployment issues such as multiple instances, Super Sockets, and upgrades
• Databases, files, tables, and data: How to create, modify, back up, and
restore databases, files, and tables; and how to query and modify data
• Built-in development tools: Using Query Analyzer and SQL Server Profiler to
simplify system administration and optimize performance; programming with
Transact-SQL; and extending functionality with batches, transactions, stored
procedures, and triggers
• Query-processing techniques: Multiple indexes, hash and merge joins, and
data-manipulation capabilities such as parallel queries
• Internal architecture: Low-level details of data and index-page structures,
locking mechanisms, optimization, and plan caching
• Integration with other tools: Usage with Microsoft® Office 2000, Visual
Studio® development system, and the BackOffice® server family
INCLUDED ON TWO CD-ROMS!
• A 120-day evaluation copy of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
• A searchable electronic copy of the book
• Sample scripts
• White papers and articles
• Tools and utilities