Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Querying

ackle the toughest set-based querying query and tuning problems-guided by an author team with in-depth, knowledge inside 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