Microsoft Transact-SQL: The Definitive Guide: The Definitive Guide - Softcover

Garbus, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763784168 ISBN 13: 9780763784164

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2010

Synopsis

According to industry studies, 70-80% of database performance problems are caused by poorly written transact-SQL code. Microsoft Transact-SQL: The Definitive Guide is a comprehensive guide to the T-SQL language written for the MS SQL Server 2008 developer having performance problems with SQL. The text includes case studies and examples demonstrating how to write or rewrite T-SQL source code. Some Topics covered include several ways of writing code for optimal performance and maintainability such as stored procedures versus dynamic SQL as well as subqueries versus joins; advanced SQL programming techniques including characteristic functions, common table expressions, refactoring, cubes, and dynamic queries; methods for identifying and fixing poorly written code including Profiler, DMVs, third-party tools, and reading query plans.

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About the Author

Jeffrey Garbus is a database consultant and the CEO of Soaring Eagle Consulting, Ltd., based in Tampa, Florida. He has spoken at user conferences, and has written many magazine articles and books. He is also the lead author for Jeffrey Garbus' Official Sybase ASE 12.5 Library from Wordware Publishing, which includes Sybase ASE 12.5 Performance and Tuning and Sybase ASE 12.5 High Availability.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763784168
• ISBN 13: 9780763784164
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 516