The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
by Ken Henderson · first published 2000
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From the Inside Flap: This is a coder's book. It's intended to help developers build applications that make use of Transact-SQL. It's not about database administration or design. It's not about end-user or GUI application development. It's not even about server or database performance tuning. It's about developing the best Transact-SQL code possible, regardless of the application. When I began writing this book, I had these design goals in mind: Be very generous with code samples--don't just tell readers how to do something, show them. Include complete code samples within the chapter
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_The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL_ by Ken Henderson is unusually readable for a programming book. Perhaps it's a bit dated now, but still a good source of information.
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