Scott Shaw

Trek through the hidden realms of the Sedona, Arizona vortexes and witness the grandeur of one of the most spiritually vibrant locations in America though the lense of Scott Shaw.

Pro T–SQL 2012 Programmer’s Guide is every developer’s key to making full use of SQL Server 2012’s powerful, built–in Transact–SQL language. Discussing new and existing features, the book takes you on an expert guided tour of Transact–SQL functionality. Fully functioning examples and downloadable source code bring technically accurate and engaging treatment of Transact–SQL into your own hands. Step–by–step explanations ensure clarity, and an advocacy of best–practices will steer you down the road to success. Transact–SQL is the language developers and DBAs use to interact with SQL Server. It’s used for everything from querying data, to writing stored procedures, to managing the database. New features in T-SQL 2012 include full support for window functions, stored sequences, the ability to throw errors, data paging, and more. All these important new features are covered in this book. Developers and DBAs alike can benefit from the expressive power of Transact-SQL, and Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide provides the gateway to success in applying this increasingly important database language to everyday business and technical tasks.

This book presents Scott Shaw's visually penetrating artistic photographs from Bangkok, Thailand.

Beginning T-SQL 2012 is the first step toward learning the T-SQL language that underlies Microsoft’s SQL Server database engine. T-SQL is essential in writing SQL statements to get data into and out of a database. T-SQL is the foundation for business logic embedded in the database in the form of stored procedures and functions. Beginning T-SQL 2012 starts you on the path to mastering T-SQL, with an emphasis on best practices and sound coding techniques. Beginning T-SQL 2012 begins with an introduction to databases, normalization, and to SQL Server Management Studio. Each subsequent chapter teaches an aspect of T-SQL, building on the skills learned in previous chapters. Exercises in each chapter give readers an opportunity for the hands-on practice that leads to true learning and distinguishes the competent professional. Imparts best practices for writing T-SQL Helps you avoid common errors Shows how to write scalable code for good performance

This book presents Scott Shaw's visually penetrating artistic photographs from Hong Kong.

This book presents Scott Shaw's visually penetrating artistic photographs from Istanbul, Turkey.

Taken from the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 1.0, these Zen Musings discuss Life, Existence, Spirituality, Art, Film, Consciousness, and Enlightenment in the way only Scott Shaw can present. The Asian Journal of Zen writes,"This book takes the reader deeply into the mind of ever-expanding human consciousness as it charts it way through the philosophies, observations, and experiences of one of the leading proponents of modern Zen, Scott Shaw. The words presented in this book lead the reader to investigate their own thoughts, morals, and ideologies. Not only does it provide them with expansive food for thought, it also guides them to come to a clearer conclusion about their own interpersonal and spiritual relationship with themselves, the world, modern society, and the cosmos."

Shrek and the gang are back in this exciting prequel to the animated feature Shrek Forever After. Take a sneak peek at the nefarious new villain Rumpelstiltskin as he tries time and again to get the best of Shrek and the gang -- but why, you ask? All your questions are answered in this hilarious prequel.

Developed by Scott Shaw, the primary premise of Zen Filmmaking is that no screenplay should be used in the creation of a film. There are no rules and no definitions. The spontaneous creative energy of the filmmaker is the only defining factor. This allows for a spiritually pure source of immediate inspiration to be the only guide in the filmmaking process. Thereby, leading the practitioner towards Cinematic Enlightenment. Within the pages of this book, Scott Shaw leads the reader through all of the elements of Zen Filmmaking -- allowing one to emerge as a competent independent filmmaker, possessing all of the necessary skills to create a feature film, documentary, or music video in the easiest and most expedient manner possible. This book also takes the reader behind-the-scenes on several of Scott Shaw's feature films. This provides a unique insight into the filmmaking process while illustrating how to bypass many of the obstacles of filmmaking.