SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 was released on August 6, 2008 and aims to make data management self-tuning, self organizing and self maintaining. With the development of SQL Server always on technologies, to provide near-zero downtime. SQL Server 2008 also includes support for structured and semi-structured data, including digital media formats for pictures, audio, video and other multimedia data. In current versions, such multimedia data can be stored as BLOBs (binary large objects), but they are generic bit streams. Intrinsic awareness of multimedia data will allow specialized functions to be performed on them. According to Paul Flessner, Sr. Vice President, Server Applications, Microsoft Corp., SQL Server 2008 can be a data storage backend for different varieties of data: XML, email, time/calendar, file, document, spatial, etc as well as perform search, query, analysis, sharing, and synchronization across all data types.


The contents for SQL SERVER 2008 includes

• Architecture
• Designing Tables
• Constraints
• Indexes
• T-Sql Joins ,Sub Queries ,Correlated Queries
• Common Table Expressions
• XML
• Triggers
• Cursors
• Stored Procedures
• User Defined Functions
• Views
• Transactions

• CLR Integration
• Backup & Recovery
• Full Text Search
• Security
• Replication
• Distributed Queries
• Analysis Services
• Reporting Services
• Integration Services
• SQL Agent
• Service Broker
• Bulk Copy Program
• Error Handling