Practical SQL Queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

by Art Tennick

Overview

400+ ready-to-use, powerful SQL queries

Learn powerful techniques for surfacing and delivering actionable business intelligence using SQL. Practical SQL Queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 contains more than 400 downloadable SQL queries you can use to extract meaningful insights from large amounts of data. The application, syntax, and results of each query are described in detail. The book emphasizes SQL for use in SSMS, but the queries also apply to SSRS, WinForms, WebForms, and many other applications.

• Enter, maintain, and retrieve database data
• Search records using the Where clause
• Sort SQL query results with the Order By clause
• Create tables and perform joins on tables
• Perform set operations using Union, Intersect, and Except
• Group data and produce totals with the Group By clause
• Manipulate and transform data using built-in functions
• Create reusable views and user-defined functions
• Use stored procedures to change SQL dynamically based on conditional factors
• Create, maintain, and secure database objects with DDL and DCL
• Deliver SQL query results to end users

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071746885
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/05/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	512
File size:	11 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Art Tennick has worked in relational database design and SQL queries for more than 20 years and multidimensional database design, cubes, and DMX and MDX queries for 10 years. He has worked with several major corporations to implement BI solutions using Microsoft SQL Server, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, and Excel 2010. Art is the author of several books and hundreds of articles for computer magazines in the U.S., UK, and Ireland. His web site is www.MrCube.net.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Select – single table; Chapter 2. Where; Chapter 3. Order By; Chapter 4. Select – multiple tables; Chapter 5. Aggregates; Chapter 6. Select – new tables; Chapter 7. Except/Intersect/Union; Chapter 8. Group By; Chapter 9. System functions; Chapter 10. Subqueries; Chapter 11. Delete/Insert/Update; Chapter 12. Views/User-defined functions; Chapter 13. Stored procedures/Programming; Chapter 14. DDL (data definition language)/DCL; Chapter 15. After you finish