Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming

Get a detailed look at the internal architecture of T-SQL with this comprehensive programming reference. Database developers and administrators get best practices, expert techniques, and code samples to master the intricacies of the programming language—solving complex problems with real-world solutions.

Discover how to:
Understand when to apply set-based programming techniques
Design and implement date and time-related XML and CLR datatypes
Use temporary objects, including temporary tables, table variables, and table expressions
Work with T-SQL and CLR user-defined functions, stored procedures, and triggers
Support user input-based queries and variable data with dynamic execution
Work with transactions and new exception handling constructs
Apply a concurrency model to support simultaneous users
Use Service Broker for controlled asynchronous processing in database applications
This book includes code samples on the Web.