<DIV><p><b>Summary</b></p><p><i>SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, Volume 2</i> is a unique book that lets you learn from the best in the business - 64 SQL Server MVPs offer completely new content in this second volume on topics ranging from testing and policy management to integration services, reporting, and performance optimization techniques...and more.</p> <b>About this Book</b><p>To become an MVP requires deep knowledge and impressive skill. Together, the 64 MVPs who wrote this book bring about 1,000 years of experience in SQL Server administration, development, training, and design. This incredible book captures their expertise and passion in 60 concise, hand-picked chapters and offers valuable insights for readers of all levels.</p><p><i>SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, Volume 2</i> picks up where the first volume leaves off, with completely new content on topics ranging from testing and policy management to integration services, reporting, and performance optimization. The chapters fall into five parts: Architecture and Design, Database Administration, Database Development, Performance Tuning and Optimization, and Business Intelligence.</p> <b>What's Inside</b><ul><li>Discovering servers with PowerShell</li> <li>Using regular expressions in SSMS</li> <li>Tuning the Transaction Log for OLTP</li> <li>Optimizing SSIS for dimensional data</li> <li>Real-time BI and much more</li></ul><p>Manning Publications and the authors of this book support the children of Operation Smile, an international children's medical charity that performs free reconstructive surgery for children suffering from facial deformities such as cleft lips and cleft palates by mobilizing medical volunteers who provide education and training programs to local doctors on the latest surgical techniques.</p><p>========================================?=======</p> <b>Table of Contents</b> <ol><h5>PART 1 ARCHITECTURE <i>Edited by Louis Davidson</i></h5> <li>Where are my keys? <i>by Ami Levin</i></li> <li>"Yes, we are all individuals" A look at uniqueness in the world of SQL <i>by Rob Farley</i></li> <li>Architectural growth pains <i>by Chris Shaw</i></li> <li>Characteristics of a great relational database <i>by Louis Davidson</i></li> <li>Storage design considerations <i> by Denny Cherry</i></li> <li>Generalization: the key to a well-designed schema <i>by Paul Nielsen</i></li> <h5>PART 2 DATABASE ADMINISTRATION <i>Edited by Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp</i></h5> <li>Increasing availability through testing <i>by Allan Hirt</i></li> <li>Page restores <i>by Gail Shaw</i></li> <li>Capacity planning <i>by Greg Larsen</i></li> <li>Discovering your servers with PowerShell and SMO <i>by Joe Webb</i></li> <li>Will the real Mr. Smith please stand up? <i>by John Magnabosco</i></li> <li>Build your own SQL Server 2008 performance dashboard <i>by Pawl Potasinski</i></li> <li>SQL Server cost recovery <i>by Peter Ward</i></li> <li>Best practice compliance with Policy-Based Management <i>by Rod Colledge</i></li> <li>Using SQL Server Management Studio to the fullest <i>by Rodney Landrum</i></li> <li>Multiserver management and Utility Explorer - best tools for the DBA <i>by Satya Shyam K. Jayanty</i></li> <li>Top 10 SQL Server admin student misconceptions <i>by Tibor Karaszi</i></li> <li>High availability of SQL Server in the context of Service Level Agreements <i>by Tobiasz Janusz Koprowski</i></li> <h5>PART 3 DATABASE DEVELOPMENT <i>Edited by Paul Nielsen</i></h5> <li>T-SQL: bad habits to kick <i>by Aaron Bertrand</i></li> <li>Death by UDF <i>by Kevin Boles</i></li> <li>Using regular expressions in SSMS <i>by John Paul Cook</i></li> <li>SQL Server Denali: what's coming next in T-SQL <i>by Sergio Govoni</i></li> <li>Creating your own data type <i>by Hugo Kornelis</i></li> <li>Extracting data with regular expressions <i>by Matija Lah</i></li> <li>Relational division <i>by Peter Larsson</i></li> <li>SQL FILESTREAM: to BLOB or not to BLOB <i>by Ben Miller</i></li> <li>Writing unit tests for Tra