Need to brush up on a specific SQL Server task, procedures, or Transact-SQL commands? Not finding what you need from SQL Server books online? Or, perhaps, you just want to familiarize yourself with the new T-SQL-realted features offered in SQL Server 2005, but are more interested in practical application than endless background theory? Then check out SQL Server 2005 T-SQL Recipes. It provides a practical working guide for this powerful relational database management system.

It brings you up-to-date in a flash with the latest SQL Server 2005 T -SQL features. SQL Server 2005 T-SQL Recipes provides a "no fluff" desk reference, allowing you to access the information you need to get the job done, from coverage of basic T-SQL data manipulation to the use of stored procedures, triggers and UDFs to advanced T-SQL techniques for database security and maintenance. It addresses content and topics that are useful to all SQL Server professionals and it provides hundreds of practical recipes that describe and demonstrate the utility of a feature or function with a minimum of background theory. This book provides ‘How To’ answers to common SQL Server T-SQL questions, conceptual overviews, and highlights of new features introduced in SQL Server 2005 as well as useful and concise Transact-SQL syntax examples. You can even use it in preparation for a SQL Server job interview or for a SQL Server certification test.