[CODE4LIB] Microsoft Transit-SQL

2012-03-06 Thread Wilfred Drew
I am looking for a good text on Microsoft Transit-SQL.  I have searched high 
and low and all I find are books focused on Microsoft SQL Server.  I am not 
setting up a server, I need to teach myself the database structure and 
language.  Any suggestions? I did order Microsoft SQL Server 2008 All-in-One 
Desk Reference For Dummies from Amazon because it has a large section on 
Transit-SQL.


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Microsoft Transit-SQL

2012-03-06 Thread Jon Gorman
 I am looking for a good text on Microsoft Transit-SQL.  I have searched high 
 and low and
 all I find are books focused on Microsoft SQL Server.

Do you mean Transact-SQL (which I usually just see abbreviated T-SQL)
?  The online documentation at msdn isn't great, but it's not
horrible.   That's usually what I use.

I mean, usually it's just a matter of looking up how it implements SQL
and some of the local variants.

(Do you need recommendations for books on SQL?)

Jon Gorman


Re: [CODE4LIB] Microsoft Transit-SQL

2012-03-06 Thread Mark A. Matienzo
There's the O'Reilly book Transact-SQL Programming:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565924017.do

However, it's worth noting that the book is really out of date at this point.

Mark



On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Jon Gorman jonathan.gor...@gmail.com wrote:
 I am looking for a good text on Microsoft Transit-SQL.  I have searched high 
 and low and
 all I find are books focused on Microsoft SQL Server.

 Do you mean Transact-SQL (which I usually just see abbreviated T-SQL)
 ?  The online documentation at msdn isn't great, but it's not
 horrible.   That's usually what I use.

 I mean, usually it's just a matter of looking up how it implements SQL
 and some of the local variants.

 (Do you need recommendations for books on SQL?)

 Jon Gorman