Prerequisites

This chapter assumes that you have installed Microsoft SQL Server 2008, at least the Express Edition, possibly with the Advanced Services version that also includes SQL Server Management Studio Basic. If you did not install it yet, you can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/express/sql/default.aspx.

Next, the code examples require the SQL Server version of the Northwind sample database from Microsoft, which is downloadable from here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/northwind. If you installed SQL Server Management Studio (Basic or higher) it is a good idea to attach the Northwind database to the SQL Server instance so that you can simulate a production environment.