Pro SQL Server Relational Database Design and Implementation

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 inrelational 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

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt

1. The Fundamentals.- 2. Introduction to Requirements.- 3. The Language of Data Modeling.- 4. Conceptual and Logical Data Model Production.- 5. Normalization.- 6. Physical Model Implementation Case Study.- 7. Expanding Data Protection with Check Constraints and Triggers.- 8. Patterns and Anti-Patterns.- 9. Database Security and Security Patterns.- 10. Index Structures and Application.- 11. Matters of Concurrency.- 12. Reusable Standard Database Components.- 13. Architecting Your System.- 14. Reporting Design.- 15. Appendix: Scalar Datatype Reference.