Use window functions to write simpler, better, more efficient T-SQL queries Most T-SQL developers recognize the value of window functions for data analysis calculations. But they can do far more, and recent optimizations make them even more powerful. In T-SQL Window Functions, renowned T-SQL expert Itzik Ben-Gan introduces breakthrough techniques for using them to handle many common T-SQL querying tasks with unprecedented elegance and power. Using extensive code examples, he guides you through window aggregate, ranking, distribution, offset, and ordered set functions. You’ll find a detailed section on optimization, plus an extensive collection of business solutions — including novel techniques available in no other book. Microsoft MVP Itzik Ben-Gan shows how to: • Use window functions to improve queries you previously built with predicates • Master essential SQL windowing concepts, and efficiently design window functions • Effectively utilize partitioning, ordering, and framing • Gain practical in-depth insight into window aggregate, ranking, offset, and statistical functions • Understand how the SQL standard supports ordered set functions, and find working solutions for functions not yet available in the language • Preview advanced Row Pattern Recognition (RPR) data analysis techniques • Optimize window functions in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database, making the most of indexing, parallelism, and more • Discover a full library of window function solutions for common business problems About This Book • For developers, DBAs, data analysts, data scientists, BI professionals, and power users familiar with T-SQL queries • Addresses any edition of the SQL Server 2019 database engine or later, as well as Azure SQL Database Get all code samples at: MicrosoftPressStore.com/TSQLWindowFunctions/downloads

T-SQL Window Functions: For data analysis and beyond (Developer Reference)

Computers & Technology

Ben-Gan, Itzik

Programming

Microsoft Press

Query and modify data effectively with the latest T-SQL features 
Master Transact-SQL's fundamentals, and write correct, robust code for querying and modifying data with modern Microsoft data technologies, including SQL Server 2022, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Managed Instance. Long-time Microsoft Data Platform MVP Itzik Ben-Gan explains key T-SQL concepts, helping you apply your knowledge with hands-on exercises. Ben-Gan first introduces T-SQL’s theory and underlying logic, illuminating it as both a language and a way of thinking. Next, he walks through core topics, including logical query processing, single table queries, joins, subqueries, table expressions, set operators, data analysis, data modifications, temporal tables, and transactions and concurrency. Building on this foundation, you'll enhance your coding capabilities, from programmatic constructs to the powerful new SQL Graph. Throughout, Ben-Gan presents reusable T-SQL sample code that works in cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. 
Microsoft Data Platform MVP Itzik Ben-Gan helps you: Understand why T-SQL works as it does, so you can write better code Review relational theory elements and modern SQL Server architecture Create tables and defi ne data integrity Build single-table SELECT queries, multiple-table joins, and subqueries Utilize derived tables, Common Table Expressions, views, inline table-valued functions, and APPLY Make the most of UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT set operators Perform data analysis with window functions, pivoting, grouping sets, and time series Insert, update, delete, and merge data Get started with system-versioned temporal tables Understand and apply transactions and concurrency, including concurrent user connections, locks, blocking, isolation levels, and more Use SQL Graph to model, create, modify, and query graph-based data Explore SQL Server programmable objects and programming capabilities Set up your environment, install sample databases, and fi nd even more help 
For IT Professionals and Consultants For T-SQL developers, DBAs, BI practitioners, data scientists, report writers, analysts, architects, and SQL Server power users For anyone else who needs to write queries or develop T-SQL code for SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, or Azure SQL Managed Instance

T-SQL Fundamentals (Developer Reference)

Get a detailed look at the internal architecture of T-SQL with this comprehensive programming reference. Database developers and administrators get best practices, expert techniques, and code samples to master the intricacies of the programming language—solving complex problems with real-world solutions.
 Discover how to: 
<ul>
<li>Understand when to apply set-based programming techniques </li>
<li>Design and implement date and time-related XML and CLR datatypes </li>
<li>Use temporary objects, including temporary tables, table variables, and table expressions </li>
<li>Work with T-SQL and CLR user-defined functions, stored procedures, and triggers </li>
<li>Support user input-based queries and variable data with dynamic execution </li>
<li>Work with transactions and new exception handling constructs </li>
<li>Apply a concurrency model to support simultaneous users </li>
<li>Use Service Broker for controlled asynchronous processing in database applications<ul>
 This book includes code samples on the Web.</ul>
</li>
</ul>

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming (Pro-developer)

Dejan Sarka

Roger Wolter

Networking & Cloud Computing

Master the foundations of T-SQL with the right balance of conceptual and practical content. Get hands-on guidance—including exercises and code samples—that show you how to develop code to query and modify data. You’ll gain a solid understanding of the T-SQL language and good programming practices, and learn to write more efficient and powerful queries. Discover how to: Apply T-SQL fundamentals, create tables, and define data integrity Understand logical query processing Query multiple tables using joins and subqueries Simplify code and improve maintainability with table expressions Explore pivoting techniques and how to handle grouping sets Write code that modifies data Isolate inconsistent data and address deadlock and blocking scenarios

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals

Programming Languages

Gain a solid understanding of T-SQL—and write better queries 
Master the fundamentals of Transact-SQL—and develop your own code for querying and modifying data in Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012. Led by a SQL Server expert, you’ll learn the concepts behind T-SQL querying and programming, and then apply your knowledge with exercises in each chapter. Once you understand the logic behind T-SQL, you’ll quickly learn how to write effective code—whether you’re a programmer or database administrator. 
Discover how to: 
<ul>
<li>Work with programming practices unique to T-SQL </li>
<li>Create database tables and define data integrity </li>
<li>Query multiple tables using joins and subqueries </li>
<li>Simplify code and improve maintainability with table expressions </li>
<li>Implement insert, update, delete, and merge data modification strategies </li>
<li>Tackle advanced techniques such as window functions, pivoting and grouping sets </li>
<li>Control data consistency using isolation levels, and mitigate deadlocks and blocking </li>
<li>Take T-SQL to the next level with programmable objects </li>
</ul>

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Fundamentals

Computer Science

Apply powerful window functions in T-SQL—and increase the performance and speed of your queries 
Optimize your queries—and obtain simple and elegant solutions to a variety of problems—using window functions in Transact-SQL. Led by T-SQL expert Itzik Ben-Gan, you’ll learn how to apply calculations against sets of rows in a flexible, clear, and efficient manner. Ideal whether you’re a database administrator or developer, this practical guide demonstrates ways to use more than a dozen T-SQL querying solutions to address common business tasks. 
Discover how to: 
<ul>
<li>Go beyond traditional query approaches to express set calculations more efficiently </li>
<li>Delve into ordered set functions such as rank, distribution, and offset </li>
<li>Implement hypothetical set and inverse distribution functions in standard SQL </li>
<li>Use strategies for improving sequencing, paging, filtering, and pivoting </li>
<li>Increase query speed using partitioning, ordering, and coverage indexing </li>
<li>Apply new optimization iterators such as Window Spool </li>
<li>Handle common issues such as running totals, intervals, medians, and gaps </li>
</ul>

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 High-Performance T-SQL Using Window Functions (Developer Reference)

Ace your preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-461 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with practice tests on CD–featuring multiple, customizable testing options. 
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning how to: 
<ul>
<li>Create database objects </li>
<li>Work with data </li>
<li>Modify data </li>
<li>Troubleshoot and optimize queries </li> </ul>
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Training Kit (Exam 70-461) Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (MCSA) (Microsoft Press Training Kit)

Sarka, Dejan

Talmage, Ron

Certification

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: <ul>
<li>Move from procedural programming to the language of sets and logic</li> <li>Master an efficient top-down tuning methodology</li> <li>Assess algorithmic complexity to predict performance</li> <li>Compare data aggregation techniques, including new grouping sets</li> <li>Efficiently perform data-analysis calculations</li> <li>Make the most of T-SQL’s optimized bulk import tools</li> <li>Avoid date/time pitfalls that lead to buggy, poorly performing code</li> <li>Create optimized BI statistical queries without additional software</li> <li>Use programmable objects to accelerate queries</li> <li>Unlock major performance improvements with In-Memory OLTP</li> <li>Master useful and elegant approaches to manipulating graphs</li> </ul>
 About This Book <ul>
<li>For experienced T-SQL practitioners</li> <li>Includes coverage updated from Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Querying and Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Programming </li> <li>Valuable to developers, DBAs, BI professionals, and data scientists</li> <li>Covers many MCSE 70-464 and MCSA/MCSE 70-461 exam topics</li> </ul>

T-SQL Querying (Developer Reference)

Machanic, Adam

Farlee, Kevin

Effectively query and modify data using Transact-SQL Master T-SQL fundamentals and write robust code for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. 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: <ul>
<li>Review core SQL concepts and its mathematical roots</li> <li>Create tables and enforce data integrity</li> <li>Perform effective single-table queries by using the SELECT statement</li> <li>Query multiple tables by using joins, subqueries, table expressions, and set operators</li> <li>Use advanced query techniques such as window functions, pivoting, and grouping sets</li> <li>Insert, update, delete, and merge data</li> <li>Use transactions in a concurrent environment</li> <li>Get started with programmable objects–from variables and batches to user-defined functions, stored procedures, triggers, and dynamic SQL</li> </ul>

Direct from Microsoft, this bundle contains the following two study guides at a $15 discount: Exam Ref 70-761 Querying Data with Transact-SQL, 9781509304332,offers professional-level preparation that helps candidates maximize their exam performance and sharpen their skills on the job. It focuses on the specific areas of expertise modern database professionals need to succeed with T-SQL database queries. Exam Ref 70-762 Developing SQL Databases, 9781509304912,offers professional-level preparation that helps candidates maximize their exam performance and sharpen their skills on the job. It focuses on the specific areas of expertise modern database professionals need to succeed with SQL database development. These are the two exams necessary for the MCSA certification in SQL Server 2016 Database Development.

MCSA SQL Server 2016 Database Development Exam Ref 2-pack: Exam Refs 70-761 and 70-762

Davidson, Louis

Varga, Stacia

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T-SQL Window Functions: For data analysis and beyond (Developer Reference)

T-SQL Fundamentals (Developer Reference)

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming (Pro-developer)

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Fundamentals

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 High-Performance T-SQL Using Window Functions (Developer Reference)

Training Kit (Exam 70-461) Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (MCSA) (Microsoft Press Training Kit)

T-SQL Querying (Developer Reference)

T-SQL Fundamentals (Developer Reference)

MCSA SQL Server 2016 Database Development Exam Ref 2-pack: Exam Refs 70-761 and 70-762