T-SQL Programming: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005

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.