SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedures Handbook (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.)

Stored procedures are compiled T-SQL statements that reside on the database, and are the cornerstone of successful data manipulation; data-handling operations of any complexity make use of them. This book is an in-depth guide to a key area of database development.This book tackles real-world problems faced by developers when working with stored procedures, showing how to solve these problems, avoid the common pitfalls and work around them, to produce faster, more robust stored procedures. Put simply: if you want to write better stored procedures, then this is the book for you.