SQL Bible

Use this comprehensive tutorial and reference to increase productivity and write stored procedures using the language with which you're most familiar. The revised content covers new features such as XML integration, Web services, the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), and security updates, making this book a must for any developer or database administrator transitioning to the new version of SQL Server. You'll learn to develop SQL Server database and data connections, administer SQL Server, and keep databases performing at their peak. In addition, you'll find dozens of specific examples in both a graphical format and as SQL code as well as numerous best practices describing the most effective way to accomplish a given task. A companion Web site prov...

Harness the powerful new SQL Server 2012Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is the most significant update to this product since 2005, and it may change how database administrators and developers perform many aspects of their jobs. If you're a database administrator or developer, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible teaches you everything you need to take full advantage of this major release. This detailed guide not only covers all the new features of SQL Server 2012, it also shows you step by step how to develop top-notch SQL Server databases and new data connections and keep your databases performing at peak.The book is crammed with specific examples, sample code, and a host of tips, workarounds, and best practices. In addition, downloadable code is available fro...

Introducing PL/SQL to SQL Users is for SQL users who do not have PL/SQL skill. If you wish you can write some procedural logic in a SQL statement, such as controlling the process flow using IF THEN ELSE logic, you need to consider using PL/SQL. This book, which introduces PL/SQL basic features, is a perfect starting point....