Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide [Paperback]

Pro TSQL 2012 Programmers Guide is every developers key to making full use of SQL Server 2012s 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. Its 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.

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 MonitolS+