Sams Teach Yourself T-SQL in One Hour a Day

Master T-SQL database design, development, and administration the easy way–hands-on!

In just one hour a day, you’ll build all the skills you need to create effective database applications with T-SQL and SQL Server. With this complete tutorial, you’ll quickly master the basics and then move on to more advanced features and concepts:

• Learn the fundamentals of T-SQL from the ground up, one step at a time
• Succeed with the newest versions of T-SQL, SQL Server, and SQL Server Management Studio
• Use T-SQL effectively as both an application developer and DBA
• Master powerful stored procedures, triggers, transactions, and user-defined functions (UDFs)
• Systematically optimize and secure your SQL Server databases

Learn on your own time, at your own pace

• No previous T-SQL or database programming experience required
• Learn how to design efficient, reliable SQL Server databases
• Define efficient tables, table relationships, fields, and constraints
• Make the most of T-SQL’s SELECT and UPDATE statements
• Work effectively with simple and complex views and joins
• Master stored procedure techniques every developer should know
• Build and use powerful User-Defined Functions (UDFs)
• Secure databases with authentication, roles, permissions, and principals
• Configure, maintain, and tune SQL Server for maximum reliability, performance, and value
• Back up, restore, and audit databases
• Optimize databases with the SQL Server Profiler, System Monitor, and Index Tuning Wizard
• Leverage valuable insight and time saving techniques from a world renowned database expert

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Database Basics
Chapter 2 Sql Server Basics
Chapter 3 Creating A Sql Server Database
Chapter 4 Working With Sql Server Tables
Chapter 5 Working With Table Relationships
Chapter 6 Getting To Know The Select Statement
Chapter 7 Taking The Select Statement To The Next Level
Chapter 8 Building Sql Statements Based On Multiple Tables
Chapter 9 Powerful Join Techniques
Chapter 10 Modifying Data With Action Queries
Chapter 11 Getting To Know The T-Sql Functions
Chapter 12 Working With Sql Server Views
Chapter 13 Using T-Sql To Design Sql Server Stored Procedures
Chapter 14 Stored Procedure Techniques Every Developer Should Know
Chapter 15 Power Stored Procedure Techniques
Chapter 16 Stored Procedure Special Topics
Chapter 17 Building And Working With User-Defined Functions
Chapter 18 Creating And Working With Triggers
Chapter 19 Authentication
Chapter 20 Sql Server Permissions Validation
Chapter 21 Configuring, Maintaining, And Tuning Sql Server
Chapter 22 Maintaining The Databases You Build
Chapter 23 Performance Monitoring
Chapter 24 Installing And Upgrading Sql Server