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 inT-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. What you'll learn Take full advantage of window functions and other new features in T-SQL 2012 Move business logic into the database via procedures andfunctions Develop using advanced features such as encryption and full-text search Store and retrieve XML data using XQuery and XPath Debug and Optimize T-SQL Execution Build ADO.NET Client Applications Who this book is for

Pro TSQL 2012 Programmer's Guideis written for SQL Server and TransactSQL developers who want to implement bestpractices and take full advantage of all that SQL Server has to offer. 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 Contents Foundations of T-SQL Tools of the Trade Procedural Code and CASE Expressions User Defined Functions Stored Procedures Triggers Encryption Common Table Expressions Advanced Features Integrated Full-Text Search XML XQuery and XPath Catalog Views and Dynamic Management Views SQL CLR Programming .NET Client Programming Data Services Error Handling and Dynamic SQL Performance Monitoring and Tuning Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D

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.