Microsoft SQL Server Handbook

This text aims to demystify the client/server architecture and shows how to define database objects and manipulate data. It covers data integrity, accessing data, database concurrency, performance monitoring and tuning, Microsoft open database connectivity (ODBC), Microsoft joint engine technology (JET), Microsoft object linking and embedding (OLE) using Microsoft Access and using Fox Pro, Word, Excel and Visual Basic as clients. It also covers state-of-the-art technologies, Microsoft SQL Servers and Windows NT.