Extend your programming skills with a comprehensive study of the key features of SQL Server 2008. Delve into the new core capabilities, get practical guidance from expert developers, and put their code samples to work. This is a must-read for Microsoft .NET and SQL Server developers who work with data access-at the database, business logic, or presentation levels.

Discover how to:

Query complex data with powerful Transact-SQL enhancements
Use new, non-relational features: hierarchical tables, native file streaming, and geospatial capabilities
Exploit XML inside the database to design XML-aware applications
Consume and deliver your data using Microsoft LINQ, Entity Framework, and data binding
Implement database-level encryption and server auditing
Build and maintain data warehouses
Use Microsoft Excel to build front ends for OLAP cubes, and MDX to query them
Integrate data mining into applications quickly and effectively.
Get code samples on the Web.

Autorentext

Leonard Lobel is Chief Technology Officer and cofounder of Sleek Technologies Inc., a New York based development firm specializing in Microsoft-based solutions. He is also a principal consultant at twentysix New York, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Andrew J. Brust, MVP, is Chief, New Technology at twentysix New York. Brust serves as Microsoft Regional Director for New York and New Jersey, is an MVP for Visual Basic, and is a member of Microsoft's Business Intelligence Partner Advisory Council. Stephen Forte, MVP, is the Chief Strategy Officer of Telerik, a Microsoft Gold Certified partner. Forte is the founder of the NYC .NET Developer User Group, and has written several books on application and database development.