Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005 : T-SQL Programming (Pro-developer) - Softcover

Get a detailed look at the internal architecture of T-SQL with this comprehensive programming reference. Database developers and administrators get best practices, expert techniques, and code samples to master the intricacies of the programming language—solving complex problems with real-world solutions.

Discover how to:

• Understand when to apply set-based programming techniques
• Design and implement date and time-related XML and CLR datatypes
• Use temporary objects, including temporary tables, table variables, and table expressions
• Work with T-SQL and CLR user-defined functions, stored procedures, and triggers
• Support user input-based queries and variable data with dynamic execution
• Work with transactions and new exception handling constructs
• Apply a concurrency model to support simultaneous users
• Use Service Broker for controlled asynchronous processing in database applications
  
  
  This book includes code samples on the Web.

Dejan Sarka is MCT and MCDBA certified and a Microsoft® MVP for SQL Server®. He teaches and consults for Solid Quality Mentors, speaks at TechEd and PASS, and develops OLTP, OLAP, and data mining solutions.

Itzik Ben-Gan is a mentor and cofounder of Solid Quality Mentors. A Microsoft MVP for SQL Server since 1999, Ben-Gan teaches and consults internationally on T-SQL querying, programming, and query tuning. He is the coauthor of Inside Microsoft SQL Server: T-SQL Querying and Inside Microsoft SQL Server:T-SQL Programming. He has written numerous articles for SQL Server Magazine and MSDN®, and speaks at industry events such as Microsoft Tech*Ed, DevWeek, PASS, and SQL Server Connections.

Lubor Kollar is group program manager with the SQL Server Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft, working on the most challenging SQL Server deployments worldwide. He has 13+ years of experience with SQL Server development.