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Beginning

T-SQL

with Microsoft

<b>®</b>

SQL Server

<b>®</b>

2005 and 2008

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$39.99 USA
$43.99 CAN

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing
a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Recommended
Computer Book
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Database Management
General
ISBN: 978-0-470-25703-6

Nearly all business applications read, store, and manipulate data stored in
relational databases. If you use Microsoft SQL Server in any way, you need to
learn and use T-SQL, Microsoft’s powerful implementation of the ANSI-standard
SQL database query language.

This book teaches all of the basics of T-SQL as it’s used with SQL Server 2005
and 2008 databases. The authors, leading T-SQL experts, begin with the
essentials of SQL Server that are needed to get the most from T-SQL. They then

quickly move on to introduce T-SQL itself, including the core elements of data
retrieval, SQL functions, aggregation and grouping, and multi-table queries, and
they fully explain transaction processing and data manipulation using T-SQL.
The authors also show you how to create and manage T-SQL programming
objects, including views, functions, and stored procedures. They detail how to
optimize T-SQL query performance and design queries for real-world business
applications. All of the methods and techniques in this book can be used with
both Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 databases.

In addition, the book includes a comprehensive set of reference appendices,
including T-SQL command syntax, system variables and functions, system stored
procedures, information schema views, and FileStream objects.

What you will learn from this book

● How to add, modify, and remove records

● How to query multiple tables

● Ways to use views to modify data

● How to create tools for managing databases using T-SQL

● T-SQL programming techniques using views, user-defined functions, and stored

Enhance Your Knowledge
Advance Your Career

procedures

● Methods for optimizing query performance

● How to use SQL Server Reporting Services to visualize T-SQL query results

Who this book is for

This book is for beginning SQL Server developers and administrators who need to learn how to use T-SQL. Basic familiarity with
relational databases and a general understanding of basic SQL functions is necessary.

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T-SQL

with Microsoft

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SQL Server

<b>®</b>

2005 and 2008

Paul Turley, Dan Wood

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Beginning

T-SQL with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2005 and 2008

Introduction ... xix

Chapter 1: Introducing T-SQL and Data Management Systems ...1

Chapter 2: SQL Server Fundamentals ...23

Chapter 3: SQL Server Tools ...49

Chapter 4: Introducing the T-SQL Language ...101

Chapter 5: Data Retrieval ...129

Chapter 6: SQL Functions ...165

Chapter 7: Aggregation and Grouping ...219

Chapter 8: Multi-Table Queries ...245

Chapter 9: Advanced Queries and Scripting ...273

Chapter 10: Transactions ...297

Chapter 11: Advanced Capabilities ...329

Chapter 12: T-SQL Programming Objects ...355

Chapter 13: Creating and Managing Database Objects ...409

Chapter 14: Analyzing and Optimizing Query Performance ...443

Chapter 15: T-SQL in Applications and Reporting ...477

Appendix A: Command Syntax Reference ... 527

Appendix B: System Variables and Functions Reference ... 549

Appendix C: System Stored Procedure Reference ... 573

Appendix D: Information Schema Views Reference ... 595

Appendix E: FileStream Objects and Syntax ... 609

Appendix F: Answers to Exercises ... 613

Index ... 625

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Beginning

T-SQL

with Microsoft

<b>®</b>

SQL Server

<b>®</b>

2005 and 2008

www.wrox.com

$39.99 USA
$43.99 CAN

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing

a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Recommended
Computer Book
Categories
Database Management
General
ISBN: 978-0-470-25703-6
Nearly all business applications read, store, and manipulate data stored in

relational databases. If you use Microsoft SQL Server in any way, you need to

learn and use T-SQL, Microsoft’s powerful implementation of the ANSI-standard
SQL database query language.

This book teaches all of the basics of T-SQL as it’s used with SQL Server 2005
and 2008 databases. The authors, leading T-SQL experts, begin with the
essentials of SQL Server that are needed to get the most from T-SQL. They then
quickly move on to introduce T-SQL itself, including the core elements of data
retrieval, SQL functions, aggregation and grouping, and multi-table queries, and
they fully explain transaction processing and data manipulation using T-SQL.
The authors also show you how to create and manage T-SQL programming
objects, including views, functions, and stored procedures. They detail how to
optimize T-SQL query performance and design queries for real-world business
applications. All of the methods and techniques in this book can be used with
both Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 databases.

In addition, the book includes a comprehensive set of reference appendices,
including T-SQL command syntax, system variables and functions, system stored
procedures, information schema views, and FileStream objects.

What you will learn from this book

● How to add, modify, and remove records

● How to query multiple tables

● Ways to use views to modify data

● How to create tools for managing databases using T-SQL

● T-SQL programming techniques using views, user-defined functions, and stored

Enhance Your Knowledge
Advance Your Career

procedures

● Methods for optimizing query performance

● How to use SQL Server Reporting Services to visualize T-SQL query results

Who this book is for

This book is for beginning SQL Server developers and administrators who need to learn how to use T-SQL. Basic familiarity with
relational databases and a general understanding of basic SQL functions is necessary.

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<i>Updates, source code, and Wrox technical support at </i>www.wrox.com

Beginning

T-SQL

with Microsoft

<b>®</b>

SQL Server

<b>®</b>

2005 and 2008

Paul Turley, Dan Wood

Wrox Programmer to ProgrammerTM

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