Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Querying

by Itzik Ben-Gan, Lubor Kollar, Dejan Sarka, Steve Kass

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780735638303
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	03/25/2009
Series:	Developer Reference
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	832
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Steve Kass, PhD, is an MVP for SQL Server and a professor of mathematics and computer science. He has written for SQL Server Magazine and spoken at SQL Server Magazine Connections events.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Logical Query Processing
• Chapter 2: Set Theory and Predicate Logic
• Chapter 3: The Relational Model
• Chapter 4: Query Tuning
• Chapter 5: Algorithms and Complexity
• Chapter 6: Subqueries, Table Expressions, and Ranking Functions
• Chapter 7: Joins and Set Operations
• Chapter 8: Aggregating and Pivoting Data
• Chapter 9: TOP and APPLY
• Chapter 10: Data Modification
• Chapter 11: Querying Partitioned Tables
• Chapter 12: Graphs, Trees, Hierarchies, and Recursive Queries
• Appendix A: Logic Puzzles
• About the Authors