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SQL Server 2008

Transact-SQL Recipes
Get the job done with SQL Server’s powerful database programming and query language

Joseph Sack

SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes

Joseph Sack

SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes Copyright © 2008 by Joseph Sack
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