| As a consultant, the process of designing and developing technology-based solutions is
one that you get to know intimately, thanks to iteration. Having been involved in a dozen
or more projects in the past few years, I came to realize that a common component exists
at the center of every one of those solutions. That component is the data storage system.
Whether you are developing an electronic commerce Web site, a line-of-business solution
such as a customer relationship management (CRM) application, or even a simple Win32
applet to store important notes, all of those solutions require a reliable, efficient, and
proven data storage architecture. Providing that data storage component is the role of
Microsoft SQL Server 2000. With industry-leading scalability, proven reliability, and
unmatched ease of use, SQL Server 2000 can offer numerous advantages and efficiencies
to building your solutions. Understanding the broad range of SQL Server’s capabilities
and how to implement them in your solutions is the goal of this book.
This book walks you through the SQL Server 2000 product so that you can take
advantage of all that SQL Server has to offer. Building on the successful delivery of SQL
Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000 presents integration and maturity of many features that were
announced with and after SQL Server 7.0. SQL Server’s rich integration with Internet
technologies and native support for XML make it an exciting part of the next generation
of solutions that many organizations are beginning to design in a growing global
community. Enhancements in scalability and reliability position SQL Server 2000 as the
first release to compete in the demanding markets of terabyte-size solutions and 24 x 7
availability. |
