Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express
Apress | ISBN: 1590595238 | 2005 | PDF | 624 pages | 11 MB

This book especially targets SQL Server Express (SSE), Visual Basic Express (VBE), and Visual Web Developer Express (VWDE), all of which offer traditional fans of Microsoft technology an inexpensive and easy route for adapting, learning, and growing professionally. As their names suggest, these products are all compact versions of the full-blown products, and as such are easily downloaded from the Microsoft website, allowing you to try them out without any major investment of time or money. This also makes it easy for you to get the latest versions as soon as they are available without having to rely on other sources.



Expert SQL Server 2008 Development
430 pages | Apress (December 24, 2009) | ISBN: 1430272139 | PDF | 9.9 MB
Expert SQL Server 2008 Development is aimed at SQL Server developers ready to move beyond Books Online. Author and experienced developer Alastair Aitchison shows you how to think about SQL Server development as if it were any other type of development. You’ll learn to manage testing in SQL Server and to properly deal with errors and exceptions. The book also covers critical, database-centric topics such as managing concurrency and securing your data and code through proper privileges and authorization.

Alastair places focus on sound development and architectural practices that will help you become a better developer, capable of designing high-performance, robust, maintainable database applications. He shows you how to apply notable features in SQL Server such as encryption and support for hierarchical data. If developing for SQL Server is what puts the bread on your table, you can do no better than to read this book and to assimilate the expert-level practices that it provides.