SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure & XML Programming, 2/e

Design T-SQL and SQLXML Solutions

Discover the key concepts, techniques, tips, and tricks professional developers need to know in order to take full advantage of stored procedures in the SQL Server environment. SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure & XML Programming, Second Edition teaches you to manage SQL Server resources using Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, SQL Profiler, Visual SourceSafe, Visual Basic, and Visual Studio .NET. Learn basic and advanced XML with special focus on features that are in use in Microsoft database and development tools. Develop dynamic, Web-based applications using SQL Servers XML capabilities. This helpful resource contains simple explanations for developers who are just starting to work with stored procedures and XML, as well as advanced recommendations and techniques for experienced developers.

Essential Skills for Database Professionals

• Build user-defined, system, temporary, global temporary, extended, remote, and nested stored procedures
  
• Write code to interact with COM objects, DTS packages, executables, mail, the Registry, jobs, full-text indexes, and security
  
• Manage source code and deploy databases using T-SQL scripts or Visual Studio .NET tools
  
• Learn the finer points of using identity, timestamp, dynamically constructed queries, temporary tables, and more
  
• Master the latest features of XML for SQL Web Releases--XML BulkLoad, UpdateGrams, DiffGrams, SOAP, Web Services, XML Views, and OPENXML
  
• Access and modify databases through URL, POST, XML template, XPath queries, mapped XML schemas, and Web Services
  
• Develop .NET applications for SQL Server 2000 databases using SQLXML managed classes
  
• Sample scripts, .NET projects, databases, XML templates, and development and deployment tools available online
  

Contents            

    1: Introduction
    2: The SQL Server Environment
    3: Stored Procedure Design Concepts
    4: Basic Transact-SQL Programming Constructs
    5: Functions
    6: Composite Transact-SQL Constructs: Batches, Scripts, and Transactions
    7: Debugging and Error Handling
    8: Special Types of Procedures
    9: Advanced Stored Procedure Programming
    10: Interaction with the SQL Server Environment
    11: Source Code Management and Database Deployment
    12: Stored Procedures for Web Search Engines
    13: Introduction to XML for Database Developers
    14: Publishing Information Using SQLXML
    15: Modifying Databases Using SQLXML

    Appendix: T-SQL and XML Data Types in SQL Server 2000