How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005

  • Paperback: 412 pages
  • Publisher: Syngress (August 13, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1597491969

The perfect book for multi-tasked IT managers responsible for securing the latest version of SQL Server 2005.

SQL Server is the perfect product for the How to Cheat series. It is an ambitious product that, for the average SysAdmin, will present a difficult migration path from earlier versions and a vexing number of new features. How to Cheat promises help in order to get SQL Server secured as quickly and safely as possible.

* Provides the multi-tasked Sys Admin with the essential information needed to perform the daily tasks
* Covers SQL Server 2005, which is a massive product with significant challenges for IT managers
* Emphasizes best-practice security measures

About the Author
Mark Horninger , A+, Net+, Security+, MCSE+I, MCSD, MCAD,MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP, MCPD is President and founder of Haverford Consultants Inc.( http://www.haverford-consultants.com/ ), located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. He develops custom applications and system engineering solutions, specializing primarily in Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft BackOffice products. He is also an adjunct professor at Kaplan University in the Web department. He has over 15 years of computer consulting experience and has passed 50+ Microsoft Certified Exams. During his career Mark has worked on many extensive and diverse projects including database development, application development, training, embedded systems development and Windows NT and 200x project rollout planning and implementations. Mark lives with his wife Debbie and two children in Havertown, PA. He is the author of Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional MCSE Windows 2000 Professional Study Guide and Designing SQL Server 2000 Databases for .NET Enterprise Servers.

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Understanding MySQL Internals

  • Paperback: 254 pages
  • Publisher: O�Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (April 10, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0596009577

Although MySQL�s source code is open in the sense of being publicly available, it�s essentially closed to you if you don�t understand it. In this book, Sasha Pachev � a former member of the MySQL Development Team � provides a comprehensive tour of MySQL 5 that shows you how to figure out the inner workings of this powerful database. You�ll go right to heart of the database to learn how data structures and convenience functions operate, how to add new storage engines and configuration options, and much more.

The core of Understanding MySQL Internals begins with an Architecture Overview that provides a brief introduction of how the different components of MySQL work together. You then learn the steps for setting up a working compilable copy of the code that you can change and test at your pleasure. Other sections of the book cover:

  • Core server classes, structures, and API
  • The communication protocol between the client and the server
  • Configuration variables, the controls of the server; includes a tutorial on how to add your own
  • Thread-based request handling � understanding threads and how they are used in MySQL
  • An overview of MySQL storage engines
  • The storage engine interface for integrating third-party storage engines
  • The table lock manager
  • The parser and optimizer for improving MySQL�s performance
  • Integrating a transactional storage engine into MySQL
  • The internals of replication

Understanding MySQL Internals provides unprecedented opportunities for developers, DBAs, database application programmers, IT departments, software vendors, and computer science students to learn about the inner workings of this enterprise-proven database. With this book, you will soon reach a new level of comprehension regarding database development that will enable you to accomplish your goals. It�s your guide to discovering and improving a great database.

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SQL Queries for Mere Mortals(R): A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL (2nd Edition)

  • Paperback: 672 pages
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition (October 4, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321444434

Unless you are working at a very advanced level, this is the only SQL book you will ever need. The authors have taken the mystery out of complex queries and explained principles and techniques with such clarity that a �Mere Mortal� will indeed be empowered to perform the superhuman. Do not walk past this book!

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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (August 2, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0672328674

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, youa��ll learn everything you need to know to take advantage of Microsoft SQL Servera��s T-SQL language.

This handy pocket guide starts with simple data retrieval and moves on to more complex topics, including the use of joins, subqueries, full text-based searches, functions and stored procedures, cursors, triggers, table constraints, XML, and much more.

Youa��ll learn what you need to know methodically, systematically, and simplya��in highly focused lessons designed to make you immediately and effortlessly productive.

Tips point out shortcuts and solutions

Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls

Notes explain additional concepts, and provide additional information

10 minutes is all you need to learn how toa��

  • Use T-SQL in the Microsoft SQL Server environment
  • Construct complex T-SQL statements using multiple clauses and operators
  • Filter data so you get the information you need quickly
  • Retrieve, sort, and format database contents
  • Join two or more related tables
  • Make SQL Server work for you with globalization and localization
  • Create subqueries to pinpoint your data
  • Automate your workload with triggers
  • Create and alter database tables
  • Work with views, stored procedures, and more

Register your book at www.samspublishing.com/register to download examples and source code from this book.

About the Author

Ben Forta is Adobe Systemsa��s Senior Technical Evangelist and has over 20 years of experience in the computer industry in product development, support, training, and product marketing. Ben is the author of the bestselling Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (now in its third edition, and translated into more than a dozen languages), MySQL Crash Course, ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and Advanced ColdFusion Development (both published by Que), Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes, as well as books on Flash, Java, WAP, Windows 2000, and other subjects. He has extensive experience in database design and development, has implemented databases for several highly successful commercial software programs, and is a frequent lecturer and columnist on Internet and database technologies. Born in London, England, and educated in London, New York, and Los Angeles, Ben now lives in Oak Park, Michigan with his wife Marcy and their seven children. Ben welcomes your email at ben@forta.com, and invites you to visit his website at http://www.forta.com/.

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Pro SQL Server 2005 High Availability

  • Hardcover: 745 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (July 17, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 159059780X

Maintaining SQL Server 2005 high availability in a global information environment is the database administrator�s greatest practical challenge. Availability is as much about people and processes as it is about technology. Pro SQL Server 2005 High Availability covers the technology, people, processes, and real-world best practices for planning, deploying, administering, and maintaining highly available SQL Server 2005 instances.

With years of experience as a database consultant and production DBA, Allan Hirt provides in-depth, detailed advice on what it takes to ensure SQL Server high availability for businesses of any size. This is not an academic text; it�s not based on lab experiments, but on real-world experience. This book is a dramatic update and revision of the author�s previous best-seller on SQL Server 2000. It gives sound guidance to DBAs and system administrators on how to really get the job done.

  • This book provides comprehensive, clear, detailed coverage of all major availability issues.
  • The author covers both availability and performance, from the perspective of high availability.
  • The book addresses the crucial needs of enterprise-class, 24?7 SQL Server 2005 implementations.
  • You�ll gain insight that other SQL Server documentation and whitepapers don�t provide.

About the Author
Allan Hirt is a systems engineer for Avanade, specializing in projects on Microsoft enterprise platforms. Prior to that he worked for Microsoft. He was the primary author of SQL Server 2000 High Availability (Microsoft Press, 2003) as well as a writer and contributor to various whitepapers and training materials about SQL Server for Microsoft. He is a frequent instructor on various DBA topics and presents regularly at Tech Ed, SQL PASS, and other conferences.

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Professional Apache Tomcat 6

  • Paperback: 629 pages
  • Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (August 13, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471753610

With this comprehensive resource, you�ll uncover the ins-and-outs of installing, configuring, and running the Apache Tomcat server. This book not only provides a line-by-line analysis of configuration options, but also explores the features and capabilities of Tomcat. You�ll then gain the skills to solve the type of problems that arise during all phases of system administration, including shared hosting, security, system testing, and performance testing and tuning.

Focusing exclusively on Tomcat 6, the book takes you through all of the latest architectural and performance changes. You�ll progress from basic Tomcat and web application configuration to more advanced techniques for clustering, JDBC connectivity, logging, and much more. All of this will help you effectively manage and administer your Tomcat deployment.

What you will learn from this book

  • How to install the JVM and Tomcat on Windows and Unix/Linux systems
  • Steps for packaging and deploying web applications
  • Configuring Tomcat�s internal HTTP protocol stack, including the new APR and NIO Connectors
  • Deploying Tomcat with the Apache Web server or Microsoft IIS as the front-end Web servers
  • Load balancing and clustering a farm of Tomcat servers
  • Ways to install Tomcat in virtual hosting situations
  • How to load test web applications deployed in Tomcat
  • Monitoring Tomcat servers in real-time by tapping into internally maintained statistics
  • Techniques for providing scalability and high availability to web applications
  • Performance tips and best practices for Tomcat 6

Who this book is for

This book is for J2EE system administrators and Java developers who are responsible for Tomcat configuration, performance tuning, system security, or deployment architecture.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

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