• Title: Transact-SQL: The Building Blocks to SQL Server Programming
• Author(s) Gregory A. Larsen
• Publisher: redgate Publishing (2023)
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• eBook: PDF (169 pages)
• Language: English
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Book Description

Transact SQL (TSQL) code is used to maintain and unlock the knowledge of data stored in a SQL Server. The TSQL language is a proprietary version of the SQL language developed by Microsoft. TSQL is used to maintain, manipulate and report on data stored in SQL Server.

This book will cover different aspects of the TSQL language. With an understanding the basics of the TSQL language, programmers will have the building blocks necessary to quickly and easily build applications that use SQL Server.

It takes the readers step by step through the TSQL language, one concept at a time. Each topic covers a particular aspect of TSQL with discussion and examples.

• Gregory A. Larsen started working in the computer industry in 1982. In 1985, he got his first DBA job, and since then he has held six different DBA jobs and managed a number of different database management systems. Greg has moved on from being a full-time DBA and is now an adjunct professor at St. Martins University and does part-time consulting work. He has published numerous articles in SQL Server Magazine, and many online web sites dedicated to SQL Server. He is a former SQL Server MVP and holds a number of Microsoft Certification.

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