
SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes
A Problem-Solution Approach
Joseph Sack(Author)
APress
Published on 25. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXXII, 872 pages
978-1-59059-980-8 (ISBN)
Description
SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is an example-based guide to the Transact-SQL language that is at the core of SQL Server 2008. Learn to create databases, insert and update data, generate reports, secure your data, and more. Author Joseph Sack takes common Transact-SQL tasks and breaks them down into a problem/solution format that is quick and easy to read so that you can get the job done fast when the pressure is on.
- Focused on solutions: Look up what you need to do. Learn how to do it. Do it.
- Current: Newly updated for SQL Server 2008
- Comprehensive: Covers 30 different Transact-SQL problem domains
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Target group
Popular/general
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XXXII, 872 p.
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 46 mm
Weight
1385 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59059-980-8 (9781590599808)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4302-0625-5
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
09/2008
APress
€56.99
Available for download
Person
Joseph Sack is a Principal Consultant with SQLskills. He has worked as a SQL Server professional since 1997 and has supported and developed for SQL Server environments in financial services, IT consulting, manufacturing, retail, and the real estate industry. Prior to joining SQLskills, he worked at Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer supporting very large enterprise customer environments. He was responsible for providing deep SQL Server advisory services, training, troubleshooting, and ongoing solutions guidance. His areas of expertise include performance tuning, scalability, T-SQL development, and high-availability. In 2006 Joe earned the Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2005 certification; and in 2008, he earned the Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008 certification. In 2009 he took over responsibility for the SQL Server Microsoft Certified Master program and held that post until 2011. He is the author of a few books and white papers, including most recently, SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes (Apress, 2008). Joe's blog is at www.SQLskills.com/blogs/joe, and he can be reached at joe@SQLskills.com.
Content
Select.- Perform, Capture, and Track Data Modifications.- Transactions, Locking, Blocking, and Deadlocking.- Tables.- Indexes.- Full-Text Search.- Views.- SQL Server Functions.- Conditional Processing, Control-of-Flow, and Cursors.- Stored Procedures.- User-Defined Functions and Types.- Triggers.- CLR Integration.- XML, Hierarchies, and Spatial Data.- Hints.- Error Handling.- Principals.- Securables, Permissions, and Auditing.- Encryption.- Service Broker.- Configuring and Viewing SQL Server Options.- Creating and Configuring Databases.- Database Integrity and Optimization.- Maintaining Database Objects and Object Dependencies.- Database Mirroring.- Database Snapshots.- Linked Servers and Distributed Queries.- Query Performance Tuning.- Backup and Recovery.