Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T–SQL Querying

by Dejan Sarka (Author), Dejan Sarka (Author), Itzik Ben–gan (Author), Steve Kass (Author), Lubor Kollar (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $3.25

  Tackle the toughest set-based querying and query tuning problems-guided by an author team with in-depth, inside knowledge of T-SQL. Deepen your understanding of architecture and internals-and gain practical approaches and advanced techniques to optimize your code's performance.
  
  

  Discover how to:
  
  

  • Move from procedural programming to the language of sets and logic
  • Optimize query tuning with a top-down methodology
  • Assess algorithmic complexity to predict performance
  • Compare data-aggregation techniques, including new grouping sets
  • Manage data modification-insert, delete, update, merge-for performance
  • Write more efficient queries against partitioned tables
  • Work with graphs, trees, hierarchies, and recursive queries
  • Plus-Use pure-logic puzzles to sharpen your problem-solving skills