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Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2008
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Get the hands-on programming instruction, practical examples, and best practices
you need to master the core programmability features in SQL Server 2008. Led by
three experts in database design and business intelligence solutions, you'll learn
the essential tools and techniques for developing robust applications.
Discover how to:
• Leverage the latest T-SQL programming enhancements, using table-valued parameters,
MERGE, GROUPING SETS, and new date/time and time-zone capabilities
• Work with semistructured and unstructured data using XML, and the new "beyond
relational" features, such as native file streaming, hierarchical tables,
and spatial data types
• Automate common administration and maintenance tasks
• Work with the new data types, LINQ, the ADO.NET Entity Framework, WPF, and
Silverlight Data binding
• Write transactional code and implement local and distributed transactions
• Use business intelligence tools, such as SQL Server Reporting Services and
SQL Server Analysis Services
Many of the book's examples, exercises, and code samples are available for
download from the companion Web site.
About the Authors
Leonard Lobel is Chief Technology Officer and cofounder of Sleek Technologies
Inc., a New York based development firm specializing in Microsoft-based solutions.
He is also a principal consultant at twentysix New York, a Microsoft Gold Certified
Partner.
Andrew J. Brust, MVP, is Chief, New Technology at twentysix New York.
Brust serves as Microsoft Regional Director for New York and New Jersey, is
an MVP for Visual Basic, and is a member of Microsoft's Business Intelligence
Partner Advisory Council.
Stephen Forte, MVP, is the Chief Strategy Officer of Telerik, a Microsoft
Gold Certified partner. Forte is the founder of the NYC .NET Developer User
Group, and has written several books on application and database development.
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