Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000

Abstract

From the Publisher: - Expert tips and real code examples teach advanced database programmers to write more efficient and better-performing code that takes full advantage of Transact SQL - Provides hundreds of solutions to common problems encountered by SQL Server programmers - Both authors write regularly for SQL Server Magazine and Pinnacle Publishing 's Microsoft SQL Server Professional newsletter In Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000, Itzik Ben-Gan and Thomas Moreau explore the powerful capabilities of Transact-SQL. Ben-Gan and Moreau offer solutions to common problems encountered using all versions of SQL Server with a focus on the latest version, SQL Server 2000. The authors offer practical solutions to the everyday problems programmers face and provide significant content on the advanced areas in T-SQL such as joins, subqueries, stored procedures, triggers, user-defined functions (UDFs), indexed views, cascading actions, federated views, hierarchical structures, cursors and more. Author Biography: Itzik Ben-Gan is a senior SQL Server instructor and consultant with ten years of experience in networking, development, databases and data warehousing. He is a popular columnist and contributing editor for SQL Server Magazine, and is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. Dr. Tom Moreau is President of Brockman Moreau Consulting, Inc. He has been programming since 1971 and has over sixteen years of professional experience in Information Technology. Moreau has been using SQL Server since 1993. He writes regularly for Pinnacle's Microsoft SQL Server Professional newsletter.