Chapter 10A – Managing Databases with SQL Server 2017
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❖ CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
• To be able to install SQL Server and create a database
• To be able to use SQL Server’s graphical utilities
❖ IMPORTANT TEACHING NOTES – READ THIS FIRST!
1. Microsoft SQL Server 2017 technology changes rapidly. Be sure your versions of
SQL Server 2017 software packages are up to date, and teach your students to
do the same. As this Instructor’s manual chapter is being written, the following
updates to SQL Server 2017 are available (and will probably be superseded by
the time you read this!):
2. Pages 10A-1 through 10A-58 of Online Chapter 10A – Managing Databases
with Microsoft SQL server 2017 are intended to be taught in conjunction with
Chapter 2 – Introduction to Structured Query Language.
a. If you are using Microsoft SQL Server 2017 as your DBMS, you should
cover these pages to help your students get set up for the SQL work in
Chapter 2.
3. Pages 10A-94 through 10A-140 of Online Chapter 10A – Managing
Databases with Microsoft SQL server 2017 are intended to be taught in
conjunction with Chapter 7 –SQL for Database Construction and Application
Processing.
a. For each topic discussed in Chapter 7, there is a more detailed and
DBMS specific treatment of the same topic in online Chapter 10A.