دانلود کتاب T-SQL Querying

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Contents
Introduction
Foreword
Chapter 1 Logical query processing
Logical query-processing phases
Logical query-processing phases in brief
Sample query based on customers/orders scenario
Logical query-processing phase details
Step 1: The FROM phase
Step 2: The WHERE phase
Step 3: The GROUP BY phase
Step 4: The HAVING phase
Step 5: The SELECT phase
Step 6: The ORDER BY phase
Step 7: Apply the TOP or OFFSET-FETCH filter
Further aspects of logical query processing
Table operators
Window functions
The UNION, EXCEPT, and INTERSECT operators
Conclusion
Chapter 2 Query tuning
Internals
Pages and extents
Table organization
Tools to measure query performance
Access methods
Table scan/unordered clustered index scan
Unordered covering nonclustered index scan
Ordered clustered index scan
Ordered covering nonclustered index scan
The storage engine’s treatment of scans
Nonclustered index seek + range scan + lookups
Unordered nonclustered index scan + lookups
Clustered index seek + range scan
Covering nonclustered index seek + range scan
Cardinality estimates
Legacy estimator vs. 2014 cardinality estimator
Implications of underestimations and overestimations
Statistics
Estimates for multiple predicates
Ascending key problem
Unknowns
Indexing features
Descending indexes
Included non-key columns
Filtered indexes and statistics
Columnstore indexes
Inline index definition
Prioritizing queries for tuning with extended events
Index and query information and statistics
Temporary objects
Set-based vs. iterative solutions
Query tuning with query revisions
Parallel query execution
How intraquery parallelism works
Parallelism and query optimization
The parallel APPLY query pattern
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Multi-table queries
Subqueries
Self-contained subqueries
Correlated subqueries
The EXISTS predicate
Misbehaving subqueries
Table expressions
Derived tables
CTEs
Views
Inline table-valued functions
Generating numbers
The APPLY operator
The CROSS APPLY operator
The OUTER APPLY operator
Implicit APPLY
Reuse of column aliases
Joins
Cross join
Inner join
Outer join
Self join
Equi and non-equi joins
Multi-join queries
Semi and anti semi joins
Join algorithms
Separating elements
The UNION, EXCEPT, and INTERSECT operators
The UNION ALL and UNION operators
The INTERSECT operator
The EXCEPT operator
Conclusion
Chapter 4 Grouping, pivoting, and windowing
Window functions
Aggregate window functions
Ranking window functions
Offset window functions
Statistical window functions
Gaps and islands
Pivoting
One-to-one pivot
Many-to-one pivot
Unpivoting
Unpivoting with CROSS JOIN and VALUES
Unpivoting with CROSS APPLY and VALUES
Using the UNPIVOT operator
Custom aggregations
Using a cursor
Using pivoting
Specialized solutions
Grouping sets
GROUPING SETS subclause
CUBE and ROLLUP clauses
Grouping sets algebra
Materializing grouping sets
Sorting
Conclusion
Chapter 5 TOP and OFFSET-FETCH
The TOP and OFFSET-FETCH filters
The TOP filter
The OFFSET-FETCH filter
Optimization of filters demonstrated through paging
Optimization of TOP
Optimization of OFFSET-FETCH
Optimization of ROW_NUMBER
Using the TOP option with modifications
TOP with modifications
Modifying in chunks
Top N per group
Solution using ROW_NUMBER
Solution using TOP and APPLY
Solution using concatenation (a carry-along sort)
Median
Solution using PERCENTILE_CONT
Solution using ROW_NUMBER
Solution using OFFSET-FETCH and APPLY
Conclusion
Chapter 6 Data modification
Inserting data
SELECT INTO
Bulk import
Measuring the amount of logging
BULK rowset provider
Sequences
Characteristics and inflexibilities of the identity property
The sequence object
Performance considerations.
Summarizing the comparison of identity with sequence
Deleting data
TRUNCATE TABLE
Deleting duplicates
Updating data
Update using table expressions
Update using variables
Merging data
MERGE examples
Preventing MERGE conflicts
ON isn\'t a filter
USING is similar to FROM
The OUTPUT clause
Example with INSERT and identity
Example for archiving deleted data
Example with the MERGE statement
Composable DML
Conclusion
Chapter 7 Working with date and time
Date and time data types
Date and time functions
Challenges working with date and time
Literals
Identifying weekdays
Handling date-only or time-only data with DATETIME and SMALLDATETIME
First, last, previous, and next date calculations
Search argument
Rounding issues
Querying date and time data
Grouping by the week
Intervals
Conclusion
Chapter 8 T-SQL for BI practitioners
Data preparation
Sales analysis view
Frequencies
Frequencies without window functions
Frequencies with window functions
Descriptive statistics for continuous variables
Centers of a distribution
Spread of a distribution
Higher population moments
Linear dependencies
Two continuous variables
Contingency tables and chi-squared
Analysis of variance
Definite integration
Moving averages and entropy
Moving averages
Entropy
Conclusion
Chapter 9 Programmable objects
Dynamic SQL
Using the EXEC command
Using the sp_executesql procedure
Dynamic pivot
Dynamic search conditions.
Dynamic sorting
User-defined functions
Scalar UDFs
Multistatement TVFs
Stored procedures
Compilations, recompilations, and reuse of execution plans
Table type and table-valued parameters
EXECUTE WITH RESULT SETS
Triggers
Trigger types and uses
Efficient trigger programming
SQLCLR programming
SQLCLR architecture
CLR scalar functions and creating your first assembly
Streaming table-valued functions
SQLCLR stored procedures and triggers
SQLCLR user-defined types
SQLCLR user-defined aggregates
Transaction and concurrency
Transactions described
Locks and blocking
Lock escalation
Delayed durability
Isolation levels
Deadlocks
Error handling
The TRY-CATCH construct
Errors in transactions
Retry logic
Conclusion
Chapter 10 In-Memory OLTP
In-Memory OLTP overview
Data is always in memory
Native compilation
Lock and latch-free architecture
SQL Server integration
Creating memory-optimized tables
Creating indexes in memory-optimized tables
Clustered vs. nonclustered indexes
Nonclustered indexes
Hash indexes
Execution environments
Query interop
Natively compiled procedures
Surface-area restrictions
Table DDL
DML
Conclusion
Chapter 11 Graphs and recursive queries
Terminology
Graphs
Trees
Hierarchies
Scenarios
Employee organizational chart
Bill of materials (BOM)
Road system
Iteration/recursion
Subgraph/descendants
Ancestors/path
Subgraph/descendants with path enumeration
Sorting
Cycles
Materialized path
Maintaining data
Querying
Materialized path with the HIERARCHYID data type
Maintaining data
Querying
Further aspects of working with HIERARCHYID
Nested sets
Assigning left and right values
Querying
Transitive closure
Directed acyclic graph
Conclusion
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