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Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server
The goal of Defensive Programming is to produce resilient code that responds gracefully to the unexpected. To the SQL Server programmer, this means T-SQL code that behaves consistently and predictably in cases of unexpected usage, doesn't break under concurrent loads, and survives predictable changes to database schemas and settings. Inside this book, you will find dozens
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Paperback, 394 pages
Published
May 31st 2010
by Red Gate Books
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I read the first 8 chapters in the free edition on RedGate's website, and definitely found it informative for anyone working with SQL Server. I plan to buy the book to read the last 2 chapters.
I think its value is that it covers topics that you don't find elsewhere. Don't expect the usual topics on normalization, T-SQL syntax, etc. Instead the book contains tips and tricks for the experienced developer, for example how to utilize foreign key constraints to achieve declarative denormalization as ...more
I think its value is that it covers topics that you don't find elsewhere. Don't expect the usual topics on normalization, T-SQL syntax, etc. Instead the book contains tips and tricks for the experienced developer, for example how to utilize foreign key constraints to achieve declarative denormalization as ...more
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