May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
815 pages
21h 55m
English
book
SQL Server® 2008 Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond
by Tom Carpenter
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Chapter 9
Creating Tables
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Data Types
- Collations
- Creating Tables
- Data Partitioning
The first step to implementing a working SQL Server database is to create the actual database files, as you learned in Chapter 8, "Creating SQL Server Databases." The second action, which is the creation of the tables within the database, is equally important. Without the tables, the database would have no containers for data and would serve no purpose.
In this chapter, you will learn how to create tables in your SQL Server databases. You'll begin by learning about the different data types that can be used in tables and how to choose ...