- Copyright 2013
- Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9"
- Edition: 1st
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Book
- ISBN-10: 0-7356-5822-6
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-5822-6
Your essential guide to key programming features in Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Take your database programming skills to a new level—and build customized applications using the developer tools introduced with SQL Server 2012. This hands-on reference shows you how to design, test, and deploy SQL Server databases through tutorials, practical examples, and code samples. If you’re an experienced SQL Server developer, this book is a must-read for learning how to design and build effective SQL Server 2012 applications.
Discover how to:
- Build and deploy databases using the SQL Server Data Tools IDE
- Query and manipulate complex data with powerful Transact-SQL enhancements
- Integrate non-relational features, including native file streaming and geospatial data types
- Consume data with Microsoft ADO.NET, LINQ, and Entity Framework
- Deliver data using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Data Services and WCF RIA Services
- Move your database to the cloud with Windows Azure SQL Database
- Develop Windows Phone cloud applications using SQL Data Sync
- Use SQL Server BI components, including xVelocity in-memory technologies
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Part I: Core SQL Server Development
- Chapter 1: Introducing SQL Server Data Tools
- Chapter 2: T-SQL Enhancements
- Chapter 3: Exploring SQL CLR
- Chapter 4: Working with Transactions
- Chapter 5: SQL Server Security
- Part II: Going Beyond Relational
- Chapter 6: XML and the Relational Database
- Chapter 7: Hierarchical Data and the Relational Database
- Chapter 8: Native File Streaming
- Chapter 9: Geospatial Support
- Part III: Applied SQL
- Chapter 10: The Microsoft Data Access Juggernaut
- Chapter 11: WCF Data Access Technologies
- Chapter 12: Moving to the Cloud with SQL Azure
- Chapter 13: SQL Azure Data Sync and Windows Phone 7 Development
- Chapter 14: Pervasive Insight
- Chapter 15: xVelocity In-Memory Technologies
- About the Authors
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