CHAPTER 1
Looking Through the Window
SQL Server is a powerful database platform with a versatile query language called T-SQL. The most exciting T-SQL enhancement over the past decade is, without a doubt, window functions. Window functions enable you to solve query problems in new, easier ways, and with better performance most of the time.
After the release of SQL Server 2000, SQL Server enthusiasts waited five long years for the next version of SQL Server to arrive. Microsoft delivered an entirely new product with SQL Server 2005. This version brought SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Integration Services, snapshot isolation, and database ...
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