Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 High-Performance T-SQL Using Window Functions / Ben-Gan, Itzik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Gan, Itzik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SQL server.

Client/server computing.

Relational databases.

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Microsoft Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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: Go beyond traditional query approaches to express set calculations more efficiently Delve into ordered set functions such as rank, distribution, and offset Implement hypothetical set and inverse distribution functions in standard SQL Use strategies for improving sequencing, paging, filtering, and pivoting Increase query speed using partitioning, ordering, and coverage indexing Apply new optimization iterators such as Window Spool Handle common issues such as running totals, intervals, medians, and gaps

Contents:

SQL Windowing

A detailed look at Window functions

Ordered set functions

Optimization of Window functions

T-SQL solutions using Window functions.

Notes:

"Microsoft."

Includes index.

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed April 15, 2012)

OCLC:

801811799