Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2012

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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