Microsoft markets SQL Server 2000 as the easiest enterprise database to manage -- and increasingly, professionals with no DBA experience are being called upon to manage it. Now, there's an SQL Server 2000 book for them. In Essential SQL Server 2000: An Administration Handbook, Buck Woody gives them the skills they need to survive -- and achieve their goals.KEY TOPICS:Essential SQL Server 2000 begins with an overview of SQL Server 2000's capabilities and versions, and the role of a DBA in managing SQL Server 2000. Next, Woody walks through SQL Server 2000 installation, and the efficient management and operation of SQL Server 2000 systems. The book includes step-by-step coverage of maintenance, including backup; and offers practical, easy-to-follow guidance on recovering from problems with SQL Server 2000 systems and databases. The CD contains a series of SQL scripts acting as powerful shortcuts that the reader can use to ease database maintenance tasks.MARKET:For every technical professional called upon to manage SQL Server 2000 databases, regardless of experience with database administration or SQL Server.