Pro SQL Server Relational Database Design and Implementation

1. Front Matter

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2. The Fundamentals

   • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

   Pages 1-39

3. Introduction to Requirements

   • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

   Pages 41-55

4. The Language of Data Modeling

   • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

   Pages 57-96

5. Conceptual and Logical Data Model Production

   • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

   Pages 97-139

6. Normalization

   • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

   Pages 141-183

7. Physical Model Implementation Case Study

   • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

   Pages 185-270

8. Expanding Data Protection with Check Constraints and Triggers

   • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

   Pages 271-320

9. Patterns and Anti-Patterns

   • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

   Pages 321-409

10. Database Security and Security Patterns

    • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

    Pages 411-490

11. Index Structures and Application

    • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

    Pages 491-558

12. Matters of Concurrency

    • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

    Pages 559-626

13. Reusable Standard Database Components

    • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

    Pages 627-656

14. Architecting Your System

    • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

    Pages 657-704

15. Reporting Design

    • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

    Pages 705-743

16. Scalar Datatype Reference

    • Louis Davidson, Jessica Moss

    Pages 745-778

17. Back Matter

    Pages 779-791

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Learn effective and scalable database design techniques in a SQL Server 2016 and higher environment. This book is revised to cover in-memory online transaction processing, temporal data storage, row-level security, durability enhancements, and other design-related features that are new or changed in SQL Server 2016.

Designing an effective and scalable database using SQL Server is a task requiring skills that have been around for forty years coupled with technology that is constantly changing. Pro SQL Server Relational Database Design and Implementation covers everything from design logic that business users will understand, all the way to the physical implementation of design in a SQL Server database. Grounded in best practices and a solid understanding of the underlying theory, Louis Davidson shows how to "get it right" in SQL Server database design and lay a solid groundwork for the future use of valuable business data.

The pace of change in relational database management systems has been tremendous these past few years. Whereas in the past it was enough to think about optimizing data residing on spinning hard drives, today one also must consider solid-state storage as well as data that are constantly held in memory and never written to disk at all except as a backup. Furthermore, there is a trend toward hybrid cloud and on-premise database configurations as well a move toward preconfigured appliances. Pro SQL Server Relational Database Design and Implementation guides in the understanding of these massive changes and in their application toward sound database design.

• Gives a solid foundation in best practices and relational theory
  
• Covers the latest implementation features in SQL Server 2016
  
• Helps you master in-memory OLTP and use it effectively
  
• Takes you from conceptual design to an effective, physical implementation
  

What You Will Learn

• Develop conceptual models of client data using interviews and client documentation
• Recognize and apply common database design patterns
• Normalize data models to enhance scalability and the long term use of valuable data
• Translate conceptual models into high–performing SQL Server databases
• Secure and protect data integrity as part of meeting regulatory requirements
• Create effective indexing to speed query performance

Who This Book Is For


Programmers and database administrators of all types who want to use SQL Server to store data. The book is especially useful to those wanting to learn the very latest design features in SQL Server 2016, features that include an improved approach to in-memory OLTP, durability enhancements, temporal data support, and more. Chapters on fundamental concepts, the language of database modeling, SQL implementation, and of course, the normalization process, lay a solid groundwork for readers who are just entering the field of database design. More advanced chapters serve the seasoned veteran by tackling the very latest in physical implementation features that SQL Server has to offer. The book has been carefully revised to cover all the design-related features that are new in SQL Server 2016.

• SQL Server
• Database Design
• In-Memory
• OLTP
• Transaction Processing
• Columnstore
• Data Modeling
• Data Model
• Normalization
• Physical Model
• Conceptual Model

Louis Davidson has been in the IT industry for more than 15 years as a corporate database developer and architect. He has spent the majority of his career working with Microsoft SQL Server, beginning from the early days of version 1.0. He has a bachelor s degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in computer science, with a minor in mathematics. Louis is the data architect for Compass Technology in Chesapeake, Virginia, leading database development on their suite of nonprofit oriented CRM products, built on the Microsoft CRM platform and SQL Server technologies.

Jessica Moss is a well-known architect, speaker, author, and Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" of SQL Server business intelligence. Jessica has created numerous data warehousing solutions for companies in the retail, Internet, health services, finance, and energy industries, and has authored technical content for multiple magazines, websites, and the book Microsoft SQL Server2008 Integration Services: Problem-Design-Solution. Jessica enjoys working with the central Virginia community and speaks regularly at user groups, code camps, and conferences. You can read more on her website.

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