Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Querying

Download or read book Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Querying written by Itzik Ben-Gan and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 1173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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