Preface

I've worked with Microsoft SQL Server for nearly ten years now, and I've used SQL Server 2008 since the very first preview version was made available to the public. One thing I have noticed is that, with every new release, SQL Server grows ever more powerful, and ever more complex. There is now a huge array of features that go way beyond the core functionality expected from a database system and, with so many different facets to cover, it is becoming ever harder to be a SQL Server "expert". SQL Server developers are no longer simply expected to be proficent in writing T-SQL code, but also in XML and SQLCLR (and knowing when to use each). You no longer execute a query to get a single result set from an isolated database, but handle multiple ...

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