Download or read book Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server written by Alex Kuznetsov and published by Alex Kuznetsov. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 of practical, defensive programming techniques that will improve the quality of your T-SQL code and increase its resilience and robustness.