N

Named Pipes, 5

named transactions, 165

namespaces, 54

naming conventions

abbreviations, 629

entity description, 627-628

name formatting, 630

name length, 628

objects, 632

reasons for using, 626-627

stored procedures, 634-635

triggers, 633

variables, 630-631

NChar() function, 129

nested comments, 498

nested stored procedures, 448

debugging, 488

processing the result set of, 453-459

using cursors to pass recordsets to, 451

using temporary tables to pass recordsets to, 449

nested transactions, 160-164, 420

.NET assemblies, 316-317

network/OS access, 542

nonrecursive CTEs, limitations of, 235

Notification Services, 5

notifications, 618

NT Registry, interacting with, 606-608

null, handling, 495

NullIf() function, 113