Product Description

Tackle the toughest set-based querying and query tuning problems—guided by an author team with in-depth, inside knowledge of T-SQL. Deepen your understanding of architecture and internals—and gain practical approaches and advanced techniques to optimize your code’s performance. Discover how to: • Move from procedural programming to the language of sets and logic • Optimize query tuning with a top-down methodology • Assess algorithmic complexity to predict performance • Compare data-aggregation techniques, including new grouping sets • Manage data modification—insert, delete, update, merge—for performance • Write more efficient queries against partitioned tables • Work with graphs, trees, hierarchies, and recursive queries • Plus—Use pure-logic puzzles to sharpen your problem-solving skills  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62417 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 688 pages