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Learn to use all of the powerful features available in SQL Server 2008 quickly and easily. Microsoft SQL Server 2008: A Beginner’s Guide explains the fundamentals of each topic alongside examples and tutorials that walk you through real-world database tasks. Install SQL Server 2008, construct high-performance databases, use powerful Transact-SQL statements, create stored procedures and triggers, and execute simple and complex database queries. Performance tuning, Database Engine security, Business Intelligence, and XML are also covered.

• Set up, configure, and maintain SQL Server 2008
• Build and manage database objects using Transact-SQL statements
• Create stored procedures and user-defined functions
• Optimize database performance, availability, and reliability
• Implement solid security using authentication, encryption, and authorization
• Automate tasks using SQL Server Agent
• Create reliable data backups and perform flawless system restores
• Use all-new SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence, development, and administration tools
• Learn in detail the SQL Server XML technology (SQLXML)

About the Author
Dusan Petkovic is a computer science professor at the Polytechnic in Rosenheim, Germany. He is the bestselling author of the previous editions of this book and has written numerous articles for SQL Server Magazine.