"SQL Performance Tuning" will help the experienced SQL programmer make his or her code sing in terms of efficiency of code and optimization of data retrieval.

I added a table to the Chinook database that contained a column of each of the SQL Server data types to ensure that each would be generated correctly. Listing 3 shows the T-SQL script to create the ...

In my last column (published in the February e-edition and the March print edition of DBTA), I reviewed the overall coding landscape for SQL Server with special focus on LINQ to SQL, a new technology ...

SQL history. Before there was SQL, databases had tight, navigational programming interfaces, and typically were designed around a network schema called the CODASYL data model. CODASYL (Committee ...

SQL Server Design: No Code Necessary . Data pro Thomas LaRock dives into the intricacies of SQL Server design, emphasizing the power of smart datatype decisions. By Gladys Rama, Chris Paoli; 09/05 ...

backend database like SQL Server, the Transact-SQL (T-SQL) programming language is the primary programming interface between your applications and the SQL Server database.