Microsoft SQL Server 2012 High Performance T-SQL Using Windows Functions

by ItzikBen-Gan (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2012

  $3.49

  Apply powerful window functions in T-SQL-and increase the performance and speed of your queries Optimize your queries-and obtain simple and elegant solutions to a variety of problems-using window functions in Transact-SQL. Led by T-SQL expert Itzik Ben-Gan, you'll learn how to apply calculations against sets of rows in a flexible, clear, and efficient manner. Ideal whether you're a database administrator or developer, this practical guide demonstrates ways to use more than a dozen T-SQL querying solutions to address common business tasks. Discover how to: * Go beyond traditional query approaches to express set calculations more efficiently * Delve into ordered set functions such as rank, distribution, and offset * Implement hypothetical set and inverse distribution functions in standard SQL * Use strategies for improving sequencing, paging, filtering, and pivoting * Increase query speed using partitioning, ordering, and coverage indexing * Apply new optimization iterators such as Window Spool * Handle common issues such as running totals, intervals, medians, and gaps