The Rational Guide to SQL Server 2005 Express: Beta Preview (Rational Guides)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express is the free edition of Microsoft’s flagship database product. The Express edition, which replaces MSDE, contains many of the features of other editions of SQL Server 2005, including the integration of Microsoft’s .NET technology into the SQL Server platform.

This book gives an early look into the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2005 Express and presents the basics of using SQL Server 2005 Express and hosting SQL Server Common Language Runtime (CLR) objects in the database. With its friendly tutorial approach and numerous examples, this book will help the reader quickly learn how to create, configure, maintain and deploy SQL Server 2005 Express databases. It also covers advanced topics, such as security, distributed support, and XML support.

Technical accuracy is assured by Roger Wolter, Group Program Manager, SQL Server 2005 Express, Microsoft Corporation.

This book comes with the following bonus materials: * Extra Chapter - Advanced User Instances * Extra Chapter - Advanced User-Defined Types * Sample code shown in the book