| Download all samples in one zip file ReluctantDBA.zip (970 KB) |
| Download all samples in one (large) pdf file ReluctantDBA.pdf (3091 KB) |
| Expanded Table of Contents TableOfContents.pdf (41 KB) |
| Bios, Foreword by Mike Amundsen and Introduction FrontMatter.pdf (808 KB) |
| Chapter 1: Where Did Databases Come From? Chapter1.pdf (242 KB) |
| Chapter 2: How Do I Install SQL Server? |
| Chapter 3: How Do I Visually Manage Objects |
| Chapter 4: How Do I Backup and Restore My Data? |
| Chapter 5: How Do I Define and Structure a Database? |
| Chapter 6: What is a View? |
| Chapter 7: The Power of Indexing |
| Chapter 8: Introduction to Query Analyzer |
Chapter 9: Working with Data: Basic Stored Procedures (2031 KB)
Zip Version (238 KB) / Chapter 9 Sample DB (1016 KB) |
| Chapter 10: Working with Data: Beyond the Basics |
| Chapter 11: How Do I Secure My Data? |
| Chapter 12: How can SQL Server Agent Make My Life Easier? |
| Chapter 13: If SQL Server 2000 is a .NET Server, Where's the XML? |
| Chapter 14: What are the Data Transformation Services? |
| Chapter 15: Should I Bother to Learn SQL Profiler? |
| Chapter 16: What's the Performance Monitor and How Does it Relate to Perfmon? |
| Chapter 17: What a Reluctant DBA Needs to Know About .NET |