Extend your programming skills with a comprehensive study of the key features of SQL Server 2008. Delve into the new core capabilities, get practical guidance from expert developers, and put their code samples to work. This is a must-read for Microsoft .NET and SQL Server developers who work with data access—at the database, business logic, or presentation levels. Discover how to: Query complex data with powerful Transact-SQL enhancements Use new, non-relational features: hierarchical tables, native file streaming, and geospatial capabilities Exploit XML inside the database to design XML-aware applications Consume and deliver your data using Microsoft LINQ, Entity Framework, and data binding Implement database-level encryption and server auditing Build and maintain data warehouses Use Microsoft Excel to build front ends for OLAP cubes, and MDX to query them Integrate data mining into applications quickly and effectively. Get code samples on the Web.
Programming Microsoft Sql Server 2008
This book assumes that you have some experience with SQL Server and are at an intermediate to advanced level. The orientation of the book is highly developer focused.
Teach yourself SQL Server 2008—one step at a time.
With this book, you will conquer the many changes and challenges of Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Get a detailed look at the internal architecture of T-SQL with this comprehensive programming reference.
And because you want to get rolling with it right away, this book is the place to come. Here you find what's new in this version and how to build and maintain tables; retrieve, analyze, and report data; and keep your database healthy.
The book takes developers from the point of installing SQL Server 2008, through the process of storing, retrieving, and securing data, to the point of being able to serve up business reports using SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services.
With SQL Programming Development (Volume 4 of 5) in the SQL Server Joes 2 Pros development series, you learn how programming objects work in SQL Server.
The book will appeal to readers who are smart, who learn fast, and who do not want to wade through a large amount of introductory material. The goal is to impart the essentials of using SQL Server 2008 as quickly as possible.
Visual Studio 2003 used to do this very well, but the deployment feature was removed in Visual Studio 2005 until the Team System version. At the time of the publication of this book, Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals ...