This comprehensive tutorial and reference shows readers how to increase productivity and write stored procedures using the language with which they're most familiar. It includes revised content covering new features such as XML integration, Web services, the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), and security updates, making this book a must for any developer or database administrator transitioning to the new version of SQL Server. This book guides readers through developing SQL Server databases, developing data connections, administering SQL Server, and keeping databases performing at their peak through performance tuning and optimization. It presents dozens of specific examples in both a graphical format and as SQL code and includes numerous best practices describing the most effective way to accomplish a given task. The companion Web site provides all of the code examples found in the book.
