Squeeze maximum performance and ef?ciency from every T-SQL query you write or tune. Four leading experts take an indepth look at T-SQL’s internal architecture and offer advanced practical techniques for optimizing response time and resource usage. Emphasizing a correct understanding of the language and its foundations, the authors present unique solutions they have spent years developing and re?ning. All code and techniques are fully updated to re?ect new T-SQL enhancements in Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and SQL Server 2012 and help you write faster, more ef?cient T-SQL code.

• Move from procedural programming to the language of sets and logic
• Master an ef?cient topdown tuning methodology
• Assess algorithmic complexity to predict performance
• Compare data aggregation techniques, including new grouping sets
• Ef?ciently perform data analysis calculations
• Make the most of T-SQL’s optimized bulk import tools
• Avoid date/time pitfalls that lead to buggy, poorly performing code
• Create optimized BI statistical queries without addition.

About the Author

Itzik Ben-Gan, is a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server and T-SQL expert who has written many books on the subject, including Microsoft SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Fundamentals.

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Dejan Sarka is a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server who develops database and business intelligence solutions. He has authored or coauthored many books about SQL Server, including the Training Kit for Exam 70-448.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Introduction CHAPTER 1 Logical query processing CHAPTER 2 Query tuning CHAPTER 3 Multi-table queries CHAPTER 4 Grouping, pivoting, and windowing CHAPTER 5 TOP and OFFSET-FETCH CHAPTER 6 Data modifi cation CHAPTER 7 Working with date and time CHAPTER 8 T-SQL for BI practitioners CHAPTER 9 Programmable objects CHAPTER 10 In-Memory OLTP CHAPTER 11 Graphs and recursive queries Index