Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you'll learn everything you need to know to take advantage of Microsoft SQL Server's T-SQL language. This handy pocket guide starts with simple data retrieval and moves on to more complex topics, including the use of joins, subqueries, full text-based searches, functions and stored procedures, cursors, triggers, table constraints, XML, and much more. You'll learn what you need to know methodically, systematically, and simply-in highly focused lessons designed to make you immediately and effortlessly productive. Tips point out shortcuts and solutions Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls Notes explain additional concepts, and provide additional information 10 minutes is all you need to learn how to...Use T-SQL in the Microsoft SQL Server environmentConstruct complex T-SQL statements using multiple clauses and operatorsFilter data so you get the information you need quicklyRetrieve, sort, and format database contentsJoin two or more related tablesMake SQL Server work for you with globalization and localizationCreate subqueries to pinpoint your dataAutomate your workload with triggersCreate and alter database tablesWork with views, stored procedures, and more Register your book at www.samspublishing.com/register to download examples and source code from this book.