Preface
The message of this book is that building stored procedures in Transact-SQL is like building programs in any other language. It requires the same type of skill, planning, attention to detail, and overall grasp of technology that successful development in other programming languages requires. To master Transact-SQL, one must first master the fundamentals of software development itself, then build on this foundation by embracing Transact-SQL as a programming language in its own right. This book teaches you how to do that.
If you are new to SQL Server, there are probably better books than this one to introduce you to Transact-SQL stored procedure programming. This book is really geared toward the intermediate-to-advanced developer. It assumes ...
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