Introduction to Database Management, Project Manual

1. Introducing to Data and Data Management
1.1 Identifying Business Data
1.2 Identifying Human Data Sources
1.3 Installing SQL Server 2005 Evaluation Edition
1.4 Learning About SQL Server Management Studio
1.5 Identifying Key Management Areas

2. Introducing Databases and Database Management Systems
2.1. Comparing Database Models
2.2 Identifying DBMS Architecture and Components
2.3 Reviewing Server Hardware Resources
2.4 Investigating SQL Server Databases
2.5 Identifying Application Requirements

3. Data Modeling
3.1 Understanding Data Modeling Concepts
3.2 Recognizing Entities, Attributes, and Identifiers
3.3 Recognizing Relationships
3.4 Reading an ERD
3.5 Creating an ERD
3.6 Viewing Basic Database Objects

4. Designing a Database
4.1. Recognizing Key Concepts
4.2 Converting Relationships
4.3 Reviewing a Normalized Database
4.4 Recognizing Normalization Errors
4.5 Normalizing Data

5. Implementing a Database
5.1 Understanding Terms and Concepts
5.2 Identifying Solution Requirements
5.3 Creating a Database
5.4 Creating Tables, Part 1
5.5 Setting Table Constraints
5.6 Creating Tables, Part 2

6. Understanding the SQL Language
6.1 Understanding Terms and Concepts
6.2 Investigating Help Resources
6.3 Comparing Command Environments
6.4 Using the SELECT Statement
6.5 Using DDL Commands
6.6 Using DML Commands

7. Data Access and Manipulation
7.1 Understanding Data Access
7.2 Retrieving Data
7.3 Using Advanced Data Retrieval
7.4 Using Batches and Scripts
7.5 Recognizing and Correcting Errors

8. Improving Data Access
8.1 Understanding Data Access
8.2 Investigating Resources and Configuration Settings
8.3. Monitoring Performance
8.4. Recognizing Bottlenecks
8.5. Using Views and Indexes
8.6. Using Procedures and Functions

9. Database Administration
9.1 Understanding Administration
9.2 Understanding Roles and Responsibilities
9.3 Matching Lifecycle Requirements
9.4 Resolving Administration Issues
9.5 Managing

Dr. Mark L. Gillenson has been practicing, researching, teaching, writing, and, most importantly, thinking, about data and database management for over 25 years, split between working for the IBM Corporation and being a professor in the academic world. He is currently a professor of MIS in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics of The University of Memphis. His degrees are from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The Ohio State University. Frank Miller is the author and illustrator of 'Sin City' and the 1986 Batman comic 'The Dark Knight Returns'.