SQL Server 2000: Stored Procedure & XML Programming

It bothers me that many of the best books on the latest Microsoft technology (.Net, SQL Server) are written by non-native-English speakers. I am amazed by the quality of writing by Francesco Balena and Dino Esposito, and now I would add Dejan Sunderic to my list of favorite authors.This book is beautifully lucid, broad in scope, and thorough. If you need access to an intelligent treatment of Transact-SQL in its various applications (stored procedures, triggers, XML, etc.), you should seriously consider this book. Your money and time would be well spent!

If you write or maintain apps that use SQL Server or train people to do this, this book is a "must have"! Not just stored procedures, but triggers, user-defined functions, XML and more. Sunderic includes not only "how", but "why and why not". Several ways to accomplish a given task are described, with pro's and con's for each. It's an INTERESTING book just to browse!

Easy to understand; down to earth.Everything that you need for stored procedure development - from naming conventions to methods to deploy changes in production.Additional software on uathors web site for code management.

An informative and comprehensive book. A lot of realistic examples and suggestions that help to solve complex and everyday SQL problems quickly. I was able to make a database deployment process easier and faster using this book solution. One of the best book on the market for the SQL Server developers of all levels.

I am actually a BizTalk Server Developer but need frequent access to SQL Server data, preferably in XML. This great book has helped me jump over to writing stored procedures with being an SQL guru. It addresses things in a well organized way and saved me the cost of the book on Day 1. I like Dejan and appreciate his efforts.