Master the mechanics behind advanced querying and tuning—for faster, more scalable code

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

Very well written book, I recommend it to anyone!