Chapter 2. Implement programmability objects
In the previous chapter, we reviewed the basic data structure of a SQL Server database. First, we designed the structures of the database from requirements, and then we built a set of tables and views to access the data, with indexes to make the queries using these objects perform well. In this chapter, we further enhance this database by using more of the tools that SQL Server provides to enhance data integrity through constraints and Transact-SQL coded objects.
Skill 2.1 starts with constraints, a topic we brushed upon in Chapter 1, but we dive deeper into their use and configuration. Constraints help shape the data that can be placed in your tables in a few ways, such as keeping data unique, limiting ...
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