[...]... Objects 11 1 Databases 11 1 Tables 11 3 Relationships 11 9 Enforcing relationships 12 0 Constraints 12 0 Creating a relationship 12 1 Changing or removing a relationship .12 3 Chapter 9: Talking to a SQL Server 12 5 What Is Transact -SQL? .12 5 SQL: The start of it all 12 6 Transact -SQL: SQL on steroids... technology platform: SQL Server 2005 Express is built on the same underlying technology platform as all the Microsoft SQL Server products This significantly increases this product’s effectiveness and stability ߜ Interoperability and upgradeability: Because SQL Server 2005 Express is built on the underlying SQL Server 2005 platform, you can easily develop solutions that work with any SQL Server 2005 edition. .. find it in SQL Server 2005 Express with Advanced Services Regardless of which version you use, your application can still store and work with this kind of information; the method you use might vary, however Figure 1- 1: SQL Server 2005 Express information available from inside Visual Studio 13 14 Part I: Welcome to SQL Server 2005 Express ߜ High availability features: The entire SQL Server 2005 product... Tools in SQL Server Management Studio Express 98 Normalization .10 0 First normal form 10 0 Second normal form 10 1 Third normal form 10 3 When not to normalize 10 4 Chapter 8: Creating Databases, Tables, and Relationships 10 7 Using SQL Server Management Studio Express .10 8 The Object Explorer 10 8 The Query window 11 0 Creating... output columns 14 2 Joining tables 14 2 Subqueries 14 5 Speeding up your queries 14 6 ix x Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition For Dummies Changing Data .15 0 Deleting Data .15 2 Removing all rows from a table 15 3 Removing some of the rows from a table 15 4 Chapter 10 : Transact -SQL: Beyond the Basics 15 7 Advanced Data... Chapter 11 Backing up your database Chapter 13 Using other languages to build stored procedures Chapter 16 Graceful error handling Chapter 17 Building applications with Express editions Chapters 19 and 20 Reporting services Chapter 18 Key terms and concepts Appendix C Part I Welcome to SQL Server 2005 Express B In this part efore you can start making the most of your SQL Server 2005 Express database server, ... as XML 328 Part VII: The Part of Tens 3 31 Chapter 22: Ten Sources of Information on SQL Server 2005 Express 333 Microsoft SQL Server Web Site 333 Microsoft Developer Network 334 Wikipedia .334 Newsgroups 334 xiii xiv Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition For Dummies Magazines 335 User Groups ... 15 7 Constraints 15 7 Views 16 1 Using XML 16 5 Indexing 16 8 Deciding what to index 16 8 Creating an index 16 9 Searching, Grouping, and Summarizing Data 17 0 GROUP BY 17 1 ROLLUP 17 2 CUBE 17 2 HAVING 17 3 TIMESTAMP .17 3 Part IV: Keeping Your Data Safe from Harm 17 5 Chapter 11 : Securing... can administer multiple remote SQL Server 2005 Express sites from one location via the SQL Server Management Studio Express Another useful capability of SQL Server 2005 Express is its ability to participate as a client in a replication architecture This means that you could have a single, high-end edition of SQL Server distributing its data among numerous SQL Server 2005 Express clients These clients... disposal for building a SQL Server 2005 Express- based application Finally, I show how you can configure and monitor your database 17 18 Part I: Welcome to SQL Server 2005 Express What happened to MSDE? For those of you who have followed the entrylevel SQL Server database for some time, you’re probably wondering what happened to the previous offering from Microsoft Known as MSDE (which stands for Microsoft . . . . . .10 7 Using SQL Server Management Studio Express 10 8 The Object Explorer 10 8 The Query window 11 0 Creating Key Database Objects 11 1 Databases 11 1 Tables 11 3 Relationships 11 9 Enforcing. Server ™ 2005 Express Edition FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Robert Schneider 01_ 599275 ffirs.qxp 6 /1/ 06 8:38 PM Page i Microsoft ® SQL Server ™ 2005 Express Edition For Dummies ® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 11 1. architecture. 2 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition For Dummies 03_599275 intro.qxp 6 /1/ 06 8:38 PM Page 2 How This Book Is Organized Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition For Dummies is