Pro T SQL Programmer s Guide is your guide to making the best use of the powerful Transact-SQL
programming language that is built into Microsoft SQL Server's database engine. This edition is
updated to cover the new in-memory features that are part of SQL Server 2014. Discussing new
and existing features the book takes you on an expert guided tour of Transact SQL
functionality. Fully functioning examples and downloadable source code bring technically
accurate and engaging treatment of Transact SQL into your own hands. Step by step explanations
ensure clarity and an advocacy of best practices will steer you down the road to success.
Transact SQL is the language developers and DBAs use to interact with SQL Server. It s used for
everything from querying data to writing stored procedures to managing the database. Support
for in-memory stored procedures running queries against in-memory tables is new in the language
and gets coverage in this edition. Also covered are must-know features such as window functions
and data paging that help in writing fast-performing database queries. Developers and DBAs
alike can benefit from the expressive power of T-SQL and Pro T-SQL Programmer's Guide is your
roadmap to success in applying this increasingly important database language to everyday
business and technical tasks. Covers the newly-introduced in-memory database features Shares
the best practices used by experienced professionals Goes deeply into the subject matter an
advanced book for the serious reader
