Pro T-SQL Programmer's Guide

Abstract

Pro TSQL Programmers Guide is your guide to making the best use of the powerful, Transact-SQL programming language that is built into Microsoft SQL Server's database engine. This edition is updated to cover the new, in-memory features that are part of SQL Server 2014. 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. Support for in-memory stored procedures running queries against in-memory tables is new in the language and gets coverage in this edition. Also covered are must-know features such as window functions and data paging that help in writing fast-performing database queries. Developers and DBAs alike can benefit from the expressive power of T-SQL, and Pro T-SQL Programmer's Guide is your roadmap to success in applying this increasingly important database language to everyday business and technical tasks.Covers the newly-introduced, in-memory database featuresShares the best practices used by experienced professionalsGoes deeply into the subject matter an advanced book for the serious readerWhat youll learnGain massive performance boosts from the in-memory database featuresApply window functions to write reporting queries with unparalleled easeMove business logic into the database via procedures and functionsDevelop using advanced features such as encryption and full-text searchStore and retrieve XML data using XQuery and XPathDebug and Optimize T-SQL ExecutionBuild ADO.NET Client ApplicationsWho this book is for Pro TSQL Programmers Guide is written for SQL Server and T-SQL developers with a desire to write advanced-level code and take full advantage of all that SQL Server has to offer. Microsoft .NET programmers will find the book helpful in showing how to run .NET code within SQL Server. Database administrators who need to write triggers and the occasional stored procedure will also benefit from the book. Table of Contents1. Foundations of T-SQL2. Tools of the Trade3. Procedural Code and CASE Expressions4. User Defined Functions5. Stored Procedures6. In-memory Database Programming7. Triggers8. Encryption9. Common Table Expressions10. Advanced Features11. Integrated Full-Text Search12. XML13. XQuery and XPath14. Catalog Views and Dynamic Management Views15. SQL CLR Programming16. .NET Client Programming17. Data Services18. Error Handling and Dynamic SQL19. Performance Monitoring and Tuning20. Appendix A21. Appendix B22. Appendix C23. Appendix D