Overview

In Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000, authors Itzik Ben-Gan and Thomas Moreau explore the powerful capabilities of Transact-SQL (T-SQL). Ben-Gan and Moreau offer solutions to common problems encountered using all versions of SQL Server, with a focus on the latest version, SQL Server 2000. Expert tips and real code examples teach advanced database programmers to write more efficient and better-performing code that takes full advantage of T-SQL. The authors offer practical solutions to the everyday problems programmers face and include in-depth information on advanced T-SQL topics such as joins, subqueries, stored procedures, triggers, user-defined functions (UDFs), indexed views, cascading actions, federated views, hierarchical structures, cursors, and more.

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Author:   Itzik Ben-Gan ,  Tom Moreau
Publisher:   APress
Imprint:   APress
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.594kg
ISBN:  

9781893115828

ISBN 10:   1893115828
Pages:   864
Publication Date:   28 November 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

* Foreword * About the Authors * Preface * Introduction * Chapter 1: Joins in T-SQL * Chapter 2: Subqueries and Derived Tables * Chapter 3: Populating Tables * Chapter 4: Other Data Manipulation Issues * Chapter 5: Summarizing Data * Chapter 6: Special Datatypes and Properties * Chapter 7: Writing Code in T-SQL * Chapter 8: Views * Chapter 9: Stored Procedures * Chapter 10: Triggers -- The Hidden Stored Procedures * Chapter 11: User-Defined Functions * Chapter 12: Temporary Tables * Chapter 13: Horizontally Partitioned Views * Chapter 14: Implementing Referential Integrity and Cascading Actions * Chapter 15: Server-Side Cursors -- the SQL of Last Resort * Chapter 16: Expanding Hierarchies * Chapter 17: Tips and Tricks * Chapter 18: SQL Puzzle Solutions * Appendix A: DML Basics * Appendix B: Checking for ANSI Compatibility with SET FIPS_FLAGGER * Appendix C: Analyzing Query Performance * Appendix D: Ownership Chains * Appendix E: Pubs and Northwind Database Schemas * Appendix F: Dynamically Creating Triggers for Cascade Actions * Appendix G: References * Index

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Itzik Ben-Gan is a senior SQL Server instructor and consultant with 10 years of experience in networking, development, databases, and data warehousing. He is a popular columnist and contributing editor for SQL Server Magazine. Highly certified, he is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer + Internet (MCSE+1), a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), and a Microsoft SQL Server ""Most Valuable Professional"".

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