Understanding Databases

This section provides the information required to understand database concepts and understand how files, filegroups, and transactions logs are used in SQL Server 2005.

In This Section

Topic	Description
Database Basics	Explains database concepts.
System Databases	Describes the system databases used in SQL Server 2005.
Understanding Files and Filegroups	Explains file and filegroup concepts.
Introduction to Transaction Logs	Introduces the transaction log and the actions that it supports, and contains links to more advanced information about transaction logs.
Database States	Describes database states.
File States	Describes file states.

See Also

Other Resources

Databases (Database Engine)

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