Microsoft Press has published T-SQL Querying. T-SQL insiders help you tackle your toughest queries and query-tuning problems. Squeeze maximum performance and efficiency from every T-SQL query you write or tune. Four leading experts take an in-depth 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 refining. All code and techniques are fully updated to reflect new T-SQL enhancements in Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and SQL Server 2012.
Write faster, more efficient T-SQL code:
* Move from procedural programming to the language of sets and logic
* Master an efficient top-down tuning methodology
* Assess algorithmic complexity to predict performance
* Compare data aggregation techniques, including new grouping sets...