Microsoft Press (3-2009) | PDF | 832 pages | 0735626030 | 3.70Mb

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Querying /by Itzik Ben-Gan (Author), Lubor Kollar(Author), Dejan Sarka(Author), Steve Kass (Author) .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