Download or read book Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Programming For Dummies written by Andrew Watt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create and modify databases and keep them secure Get up to speed on using T-SQL to store and manipulate data SQL Server 2005 improves an already great database management system. This book shows you how to put it to work in a hurry. You'll find out how to use the SQL Server Management Studio and the SQLCMD utility to write T-SQL code, retrieve data from single or multiple SQL Server tables, add data using the INSERT statement, and much more. * Create queries to retrieve data * Ensure SQL Server security * Use Visual Studio(r) 2005 with SQL Server * Create tables, views, and indexes * Work with Common Language Runtime * Query XML data