Preface
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 texts so that the book can be read through without requiring a computer or CD-ROM.
• Use modern coding techniques, with specific emphases on ANSI compliance and current ...
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