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Being Objective: Re-Examining Objects in SQL ServerWell, here we are. We’re at the beginning, but, if you’re someone who’s read my Professional levelt

Users and RolesThese two go hand in hand. Users are pretty much the equivalent of logins. In short, this object repre-sents an identifier for someone

Full-Text CatalogsFull-text catalogs are mappings of data that speed the search for specific blocks of text within columnsthat have full-text searchin

Data Type Size in Name Class Bytes Nature of the DataDateTime Date/Time 8 Date and time data from January 1, 1753, toDecember 31, 9999, with an accur

Data Type Size in Name Class Bytes Nature of the DataNtext Unicode Varies Like the Text data type, this is legacy supportonly. In this case, use nvar

When you mix the usage or assignment of variables or fields of different data types, a number of typesconvert implicitly (or automatically). Most othe

over the prior year, but you don’t have records for the year before the first record in your database. Youmight be tempted to just enter a zero in the

❑ The name can be up to 128 characters for normal objects and 116 for temporary objects.❑ Any names that are the same as SQL Server keywords or contai

This chapter provides an overview to the rest of the book. Everything discussed in this chapter will becovered again in later chapters, but this chapt

When you first load SQL Server, you will start with four system databases:❑ master❑ model❑ msdb❑ tempdbAll of these need to be installed for your serv

system. Note that since this database serves as the template for any other database, it’s a requireddatabase and must be left on the system; you canno

AdventureWorksDWThis is the Analysis Services sample. (The DW stands for data warehouse, which is the type of databaseover which most Analysis Service

An index provides us ways of speeding the lookup of our information. Indexes fall into two categories:❑ Clustered —You can have only one of these per

FilegroupsBy default, all your tables and everything else about your database (except the log) are stored in a singlefile. That file is a member of wh

Figure 1-1In addition to these most basic uses for view, we also have the ability to create what is called an indexedview. This is the same as any oth

❑ Views that reference multiple tables generally perform much faster with an indexed viewbecause the join between the tables is preconstructed.❑ Aggre