SQL Server 2005 Basics

Ramkumar Lakshminarayanan
Rajaram Computers
Mahadanapuram, India.
ramkumar@rajaramsystems.com
 Knowledge of these basics will help
you to make decisions about whether
the product is right for you, and will
help you with the installation process.
Versions of SQL Server 2005
Available
 SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
 SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition
 SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
 SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
 SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
 SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
 Easy installation
 Lightweight management and query editing tool
 Support for Windows authentication
 "Secure by Default" settings
 Royalty-free distribution
 Rich database functionality, including triggers, stored
procedures, functions, extended indexes, and
Transact-SQL support
 XML Support
 Deep integration with Visual Studio 2005
SQL Server 2005 Workgroup
Edition
 Support for only three gigabytes of
RAM
 Support for only two CPUs
 Absence of the Database Tuning
Advisor
SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
 SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition is
designed specifically for developers
who are building SQL Server 2005
applications.
SQL Server 2005 Standard
Edition
 RAM limited solely by operating system RAM
 No limit for database size
 Full 64-bit support
 Database mirroring
 Failover clustering
 Inclusion of the Database Tuning Advisor
 Inclusion of the full-featured Management Studio
 Inclusion of the Profiler
 Inclusion of the SQL Agent Job Scheduling Service
SQL Server 2005 Enterprise
Edition
 SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
includes all the tools that you need to
manage an enterprise database
management system.
 It supports an unlimited number of
CPUs and provides all the features
unavailable in the other versions of
SQL Server 2005.
SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition
 SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition
enables you to easily port corporate
applications over to mobile devices.
SQL Server Installation
1. When you launch the setup program,
an end-user license agreement
appears. You must accept the
agreement before proceeding. After
clicking to accept the agreement,
click Next. The Installing Prerequisites
step of the installation process runs
2. After verifying that all the required
components were installed
successfully, click Next. The Microsoft
SQL Server 2005 Setup welcome
screen appears
3. Click Next. SQL Server 2005 Setup
performs a System Configuration
Check.
4. Click Next to proceed to the next
step of the wizard. The Registration
Information step of the installation
process appears
5. Fill in the required information and
click Next. The Feature Selection step
of the wizard appears. The wizard
helps you select what features are
installed on your computer and how
the setup process will install them.
6. If desired, click Disk Cost to view the
space available on each drive. The
Disk Cost step of the wizard appears
7. Click Close to close the Disk Cost
dialog and then Next to proceed with
the wizard. The Authentication Mode
step of the wizard appears. Here you
must determine whether your server
will accept only Windows logins, or
whether it will also support SQL
Server logins.
8. After making your selection, click Next to
proceed to the next step. The Error and
Usage Report Settings dialog appears. Here
you determine what happens when an error
occurs (where SQL Server will send error
reports), and whether you want Microsoft
to receive information automatically about
your feature usage.
9. Click the appropriate check boxes
and click Next. The Ready to Install
step of the wizard appears. The
dialog shows you what components
the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
Setup will install
10. Click Install to complete the
process. After a moment the Setup
Progress dialog appears
11. Click Next when setup is finished.
The Completing Microsoft SQL Server
2005 Setup step of the wizard
appears
 Installing the database engine is generally
not enough. You will have no way to
manage the server and its objects. This is
where SQL Server Management Studio
Express fits in. Microsoft provides a
separate installation program for SQL
Server Management Studio Express. To run
it, follow these steps:
1. After the installation wizard launches, a
welcome screen appears
2. Click Next. The License Agreement step of
the wizard appears.
3. Click to accept the license agreement.
4. Click Next. The Registration Information
dialog appears
5. Fill in the registration information and click
Next. The Feature Selection step of the
wizard appears
6. Select the desired features and click Next.

7. The Ready to Install the Program step of

the wizard appears. Click Install to
complete the process.

8. When the installation process is

complete, the Completing the Microsoft SQL
Server Management Studio Express Setup
step of the wizard appears. Click Finish.
Getting Started with the SQL Server
Management Studio Express

 SQL Server Management Studio

Express is the tool that you use to
manage your SQL Server and its
objects. Using this tool, you can
create and work with databases,
tables, stored procedures, indexes,
and much more!
 When you launch SQL Server Management Studio
Express, the Connect to Server dialog appears. Here you
provide login information.

Provide the server name and the type of authentication and then click
Connect. If you are successful, you are placed in SQL Server
Management Studio Express
Summary
 It is always important to learn the basics of
a product before forging on to more
advanced techniques.
 This hour began by describing the versions
of SQL Server 2005 available so that you
are better equipped to make the decision
as to which version of the product is right
for you.
 You then learned how to install SQL Server
2005 Express Edition. Finally, you got a
brief overview of SQL Server Management
Studio Express.
Quiz
1.Name the version of SQL Server 2005 designed for
small businesses or departments in larger enterprises.
2.What version of SQL Server 2005 supports four CPUs?
3.SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition enables you to
create databases of any size (true/false).
4.Name the management tool available for SQL Server
2005 Mobile Edition.
5.You are prompted for authentication model during the
installation of the SQL Server 2005 Express database
engine (true/false).
6.Name the management tool you use to manage SQL
Server 2005 Express databases.
7.Name the tree view that enables you to view the
objects managed by your SQL Server.
Answers
1.SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition.
2.SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition.
3.True. It is exactly like Enterprise
edition except for licensing.
4.SQL Workbench.
5.True.
6.SQL Server 2005 Express Manager.
7.Object Explorer.