As a developer, I always enjoy new TSQL language features that can save me some time and potentially effort in accomplishing the same task that I otherwise could in a different fashion. These features aren't really a big deal to me to have but are sometimes fun. SQL Server 2008 has produced a couple of these features so I thought it might be worthwhile to take a look at them. Compound Operators This is a feature that exists in most common-day programming languages. The idea is simple; why use...