Pro SQL Server 2005 Database Design and Optimization

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Introduction to Database Concepts

   Pages 1-32

3. Data Modeling

   Pages 33-69

4. Conceptual Data Modeling

   Pages 71-119

5. The Normalization Process

   Pages 121-179

6. Implementing the Base Table Structures

   Pages 181-272

7. Protecting the Integrity of Your Data

   Pages 273-334

8. Securing Access to the Data

   Pages 335-393

9. Table Structures and Indexing

   Pages 395-437

10. Coding for Concurrency

    Pages 439-488

11. Code-Level Architectural Decisions

    Pages 489-539

12. Database Interoperability

    Pages 541-572

13. Back Matter

    Pages 573-644

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Pro SQL Server 2005 Database Design and Optimization will teach you effective strategies for designing proper databases. It covers everything from how to gather business requirements to logical data modeling and normalization. It then shows you how to implement your design on SQL Server 2005.

The authors also describe how to optimize and secure access to this data, covering indexing strategies, SQL design and optimization, and strategies for increased scalability to support large numbers of concurrent users. They provide in-depth advice on optimal code distribution in SQL Server 2005 applications, in the wake of innovations to be able to use .NET code in the database itself. This essential book will ensure that projects have a well-designed database and secure, optimized data access strategies right from the start.

• .NET
• Microsoft SQL Server
• SQL
• SQL Server 2005
• data model
• database design
• logic
• modeling
• optimization
• relational database

Kurt Windisch is a senior technical specialist with Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc., a global provider of technology solutions with headquarters in Springfield, Illinois. He has more than 15 years of experience in IT, and is a database administrator and technical architect for the internal IT department at LRS. He spent five years serving on the board of directors for PASS, has written for several SQL Server magazines, and has presented at conferences internationally on the topic of database programming with SQL Server.

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