Pro T-SQL Programmer's 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 Transact-SQL functionality. Fully functioning examples and
downloadable source code bring technically accurate and engaging
treatment of Transact-SQL into your own hands. Step-by-step explanations
ensure clarity, and an advocacy of best-practices will steer you down
the road to success.
Transact-SQL 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. 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 features
- Shares the best practices used by experienced professionals
- Goes deeply into the subject matter - an advanced book for the serious
reader
