Beginning SQL Server 2008 Express for Developers: From Novice to Professional

Chapter 3. Database Design and Creation

Now that you've installed SQL Server 2008 Express Edition (SSE) and examined the main tools you'll use as an SSE developer or administrator, it's almost time to start building the ApressFinancial database solution. However, you can't do this yet because you still don't know what the database will hold. At this point in time, all the information you have so far is that you'll be building a database to hold some financial transactions for a personal or corporate financial tool. You'll gear this database toward a financial tool that a corporation might use, because SSE can be scaled from one user to thousands of users very easily. The next step is to gather more information about the requirements of the solution ...