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  • The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL

    About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 2.73 MB
    Pages | 464
    Language | English
    Category | Database
    Description:  Since its introduction over a decade ago, the Microsoft SQL Server query language, Transact-SQL, has become increasingly popular and more powerful. The current version sports such advanced features as OLE Automation support, cross-platform querying facilities, and full-text search management.
    This book is the consummate guide to Microsoft Transact-SQL. From data type nuances to complex statistical computations to the bevy of undocumented features in the language, The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL imparts the knowledge you need to become a virtuoso of the language as quickly as possible.
    In this book, you will find the information, explanations, and advice you need to master Transact-SQL and develop the best possible Transact-SQL code. Some 600 code examples not only illustrate important concepts and best practices, but also provide working Transact-SQL code that can be incorporated into your own real-world DBMS applications.
    Your journey begins with an introduction explaining language fundamentals such as database and table creation, inserting and updating data, queries, joins, data presentation, and managing transactions. Moving on to more advanced topics, the journey continues with in-depth coverage of:

    Transact-SQL performance tuning using tools such as Query Analyzer and Performance Monitor
    Nuances of the various T-SQL data types
    Complex statistical calculations such as medians, modes, and sliding aggregates
    Run, sequence, and series identification and interrogation
    Advanced Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Management Language (DML) techniques
    Stored procedure and trigger best practices and coding methods
    Transaction management
    Optimal cursor use and caveats to look out for
    Full-text search
    Hierarchies and arrays
    Administrative Transact-SQL
    OLE Automation
    More than 100 undocumented commands and language features, including numerous unpublished DBCC command verbs, trace flags, stored procedures, and functions
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