Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers

✍ Scribed by Robin Dewson (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 711
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers is the perfect book for developers new to SQL Server and planning to create and deploy applications against Microsoft’s market-leading database system for the Windows platform. Now in its third edition, the book is enhanced to cover the very latest developments in SQL Server 2012.

Also new in the book is coverage of the no-cost Express Edition. Whether you have no knowledge of databases, or have knowledge of desktop databases such as Microsoft Access, or even come from another brand such as Oracle Database, BeginningSQL Server 2012 for Developers provides the insights to get up and running with SQL Server 2012.

Within the book, there are plenty of examples of tasks that developers routinely perform. You’ll learn to create tables and indexes, and best practices for securing your valuable data. You’ll learn design tradeoffs and find out how to make sound decisions resulting in scalable databases and maintainable code.

Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers takes you through the entire database development process, from installing the software to creating a database to writing the code to connect to that database and move data in and out. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to design and create solid and reliable database solutions using SQL Server 2012.

• Takes you through the entire database application development lifecycle
• Includes brand new coverage of SQL Server 2012 features
• Introduces the freely-available Express Edition

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Overview and Installation....Pages 1-30
SQL Server Management Studio....Pages 31-49
Database Design and Creation....Pages 51-100
Security and Compliance....Pages 101-137
Defining Tables....Pages 139-186
Creating Indexes and Database Diagramming....Pages 187-222
Database Backups and Recovery....Pages 223-287
Database Maintenance....Pages 289-332
Data Insertion, Deletion, and Transactions....Pages 333-366
Selecting and Updating Data....Pages 367-415
Building a View....Pages 417-443
Stored Procedures, Functions, and Security....Pages 445-491
Essentials for Effective Coding....Pages 493-546
Advanced T-SQL and Debugging....Pages 547-592
Triggers....Pages 593-618
Connecting via Code....Pages 619-678
Back Matter....Pages 679-697

✦ Subjects

Computer Science, general; Database Management