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Pro SQL Server 2008 Relational
Database Design and Implementation
Dear Reader,
I have written this book for you, the database professional, to give you the
knowledge and practical steps needed to design and implement database
solutions using SQL Server. I have filled this book with hard-won knowledge
and experience that I’ve accumulated through many years of working with
relational databases—including nearly every version of SQL Server.
My first goal in writing this book is to explain many of the important concepts
you need to learn from a database design textbook. Secondly, I will show practi-
cal techniques for applying these concepts to build solid SQL Server database
solutions.
I start with the concepts of relational theory, data modeling, and normaliza-
tion. Then I show you how to produce a database that works right the first time,
using common design patterns and all of the objects types that SQL Server gives
you. From there, I give you practical advice on implementing your systems with
concurrency and performance in mind.
Throughout this book, you will find that I emphasize the practical while
always giving proper respect to the underlying theory. Great practices always
rest on a solid theoretical foundation. After reading this book, you will have the
tools you need to get going with your database implementation. And if we have
a bit of fun along the way, that’ll be our secret.
Thank you,
Louis Davidson
Author of
Pro SQL Server 2005
Database Design and
Optimization

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Louis Davidson
With Kevin Kline, Scott Klein,
and Kurt Windisch

Pro SQL Server 2008
Relational Database
Design and
Implementation
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Pro SQL Server 2008 Relational Database Design and Implementation
Copyright © 2008 by Louis Davidson
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To my father-in-law, Verlin Wheeler. He passed away during the writing of this book, and I
really never got to know him as I was told he was in his younger days. At the very least, he
rivaled my love for gadgets and was an early adopter of lots of technology, like satellite

dishes and even computers. I use his computer every day to manage my media collection—
he probably would have liked that, though I think he would have preferred to have used
the media in the library.
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