Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide

Pro TSQL 2012 Programmer's Guide is every developer's key to making full use of SQL Server 2012's powerful, builtin TransactSQL language. Discussing new and existing features, the book takes you on an expert guided tour of TransactSQL functionality. Fully functioning examples and downloadable source code bring technically accurate and engaging treatment of TransactSQL into your own hands. Stepbystep explanations ensure clarity, and an advocacy of bestpractices will steer you down the road to success. TransactSQL is the language developers and DBAs use to interact with SQL Server. It's used for everything from querying data, to writing stored procedures, to managing the database. New features in T-SQL 2012 include full support for window functions, stored sequences, the ability to throw errors, data paging, and more. All these important new features are covered in this book. Developers and DBAs alike can benefit from the expressive power of Transact-SQL, and Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide provides the gateway to success in applying this increasingly important database language to everyday business and technical tasks.

Autorentext
Michael Coles has more than a decade's experience designing and administering SQL Server databases. A prolific writer of articles on all aspects of SQL Server, particularly on the expert use of T-SQL, he holds MCDBA and MCP certifications. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in information technology from American Intercontinental University in Georgia. A member of the United States Army Reserve, he was activated for two years following 9/11.

Klappentext

Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide is every developer's key to making full use of SQL Server 2012's powerful, built-in Transact-SQL language. Discussing new and existing features, the book takes you on an expert guided tour of Transact-SQL functionality. Fully functioning examples and downloadable source code bring technically accurate and engaging treatment of Transact-SQL into your own hands. Step-by-step explanations ensure clarity, and an advocacy of best-practices will steer you down the road to success. Transact-SQL is the language developers and DBAs use to interact with SQL Server. It's used for everything from querying data, to writing stored procedures, to managing the database. New features in T-SQL 2012 include full support for window functions, stored sequences, the ability to throw errors, data paging, and more. All these important new features are covered in this book. Developers and DBAs alike can benefit from the expressive power of Transact-SQL, and Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide provides the gateway to success in applying this increasingly important database language to everyday business and technical tasks.

Inhalt

1. Foundations of T-SQL
2. Tools of the Trade
3. Procedural Code and CASE Expressions
4. User Defined Functions
5. Stored Procedures
6. Triggers
7. Encryption
8. Common Table Expressions
9. Advanced Features
10. Integrated Full-Text Search
11. XML
12. XQuery and XPath
13. Catalog Views and Dynamic Management Views
14. SQL CLR Programming
15. .NET Client Programming
16. Data Services
17. Error Handling and Dynamic SQL
18. Performance Monitoring and Tuning
19. Appendix A
20. Appendix B
21. Appendix C
22. Appendix D