Appendix A – Getting Started with Microsoft SQL Server 2016
TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
• For individual student personal use on their own computer, we recommend (and use
in this book) Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Developer edition. Microsoft SQL Server
2016 Express Advanced edition can be used as an alternative.
• When you are using Microsoft SQL Server 2016, the best text editor to use is the text
editor built into the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. Take some time to
show you students how to use it.
• Make sure that your students work through Appendix A in conjunction with other
material presented in the text by working through Appendix A in the following
sequence:
❖ Before starting Chapter 3 on SQL, install Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio by working through this appendix up
to and including “How Do I Install the Microsoft SQL Server Management
Studio?”
❖ When studying the Chapter 3 sections on how to create and populate database
tables, work up to and including “How Do I Use SQL Statements to Insert
Database Data?” Both Chapter 3 and this appendix use the same WP database,
and this work will show you how to create your own copy of the WP database.
❖ When studying the Chapter 3 sections on how to use SQL Data Manipulation
Language (DML) and SQL Data Definition Language (DDL), work through the
section named “How Do I Work with SQL Queries in Microsoft SQL Server?”
Both Chapter 3 and this appendix use the same WP database, and you can run
the SQL Statements shown in Chapter 3 yourself, and see the results.
❖ When studying the Appendix E material on SQL Views, you can run the SQL
Statements shown in Appendix E yourself and see the results.
❖ When studying the Appendix E material on SQL Persistent Stored Modules
(SQL/PSM), you can run the SQL Statements shown in Appendix E yourself and
see the results.
❖ Work through the section “How Do I Import Microsoft Excel Data into a Microsoft
SQL Server Database Table?” in this appendix to understand how to import
Microsoft Excel data in a database table.
❖ Work through the section “How Do I Create an ODBC Connection from Microsoft
Access 2016 t an SQL Server 2016 Database?” in this appendix to understand
how to use Microsoft Access as a development environment for a Microsoft SQL
Server database.