In "Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000," authors Itzik Ben-Gan and Thomas Moreau explore the powerful capabilities of Transact-SQL (T-SQL). Ben-Gan and Moreau offer solutions to common problems encountered using all versions of SQL Server, with a focus on the latest version, SQL Server 2000.

Expert tips and real code examples teach advanced database programmers to write more efficient and better-performing code that takes full advantage of T-SQL. The authors offer practical solutions to the everyday problems programmers face and include in-depth information on advanced T-SQL topics such as joins, subqueries, stored procedures, triggers, user-defined functions (UDFs), indexed views, cascading actions, federated views, hierarchical structures, cursors, and more.

In The Power Of Hope, Josh Vande Wettering gives you an insightful look into his life. Join in as Josh talks about being the victim of a severe bullying act during childhood, and many other difficulties he has faced. Josh teaches in this book that despite the many difficulties of life, there is always hope.