Effectively query and modify data using Transact-SQL
T-SQL FUNDAMENTALS, THIRD EDITION, Itzik Ben-Gan
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Mastering T-SQL fundamentals and write robust code for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database
The Book
Itzik Ben-Gan explains key T-SQL concepts and helps you apply your knowledge with hands-on exercises. The book first introduces T-SQL’s roots and underlying logic. Next, it walks you through core topics such as single-table queries, joins, subqueries, table expressions, and set operators. Then the book covers more-advanced data-query topics such as window functions, pivoting, and grouping sets. The book also explains how to modify data, work with temporal tables, and handle transactions, and provides an overview of programmable objects.
Microsoft Data Platform MVP Itzik Ben-Gan shows you how to:
• Review core SQL concepts and its mathematical roots
• Create tables and enforce data integrity
• Perform effective single-table queries by using the SELECT statement
• Query multiple tables by using joins, subqueries, table expressions, and set operators
• Use advanced query techniques such as window functions, pivoting, and grouping sets
• Insert, update, delete, and merge data
• Use transactions in a concurrent environment
• Get started with programmable objects—from variables and batches to user-defined functions, stored procedures, triggers, and dynamic SQL
The Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Background to T-SQL querying and programming
CHAPTER 2 Single-table queries
CHAPTER 3 Joins
CHAPTER 4 Subqueries
CHAPTER 5 Table expressions
CHAPTER 6 Set operators
CHAPTER 7 Beyond the fundamentals of querying
CHAPTER 8 Data modification
CHAPTER 9 Temporal tables
CHAPTER 10 Transactions and concurrency
CHAPTER 11 Programmable objects
Appendix: Getting started
Index
The Author
Itzik Ben-Gan, is a mentor and cofounder of SolidQ. A Microsoft Data Platform MVP since 1999, he has delivered T SQL querying, tuning, and programming training worldwide. His books include T-SQL Querying and Microsoft SQL Server 2012: High-Performance T-SQL Using Window Functions. He has written for SQL Server Pro, SolidQ Journal, and MSDN, and has spoken at SQLPASS, SQLBits, IT/Dev Connections, and SQLTeach. He is the author of two SolidQ T-SQL courses.
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