T-SQL Fundamentals, Third Edition

T-SQL Fundamentals, Third Edition

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents at a glance
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
    1. Who should read this book
      1. Assumptions
    2. This book might not be for you if...
    3. Organization of this book
    4. System requirements
    5. Installing and using the source code
    6. Acknowledgments
    7. Errata, updates, & book support
    8. Free ebooks from Microsoft Press
    9. We want to hear from you
    10. Stay in touch
  8. Chapter 1. Background to T-SQL querying and programming
    1. Theoretical background
      1. SQL
      2. Set theory
      3. Predicate logic
      4. The relational model
      5. Types of database systems
    2. SQL Server architecture
      1. The ABCs of Microsoft RDBMS flavors
      2. SQL Server instances
      3. Databases
      4. Schemas and objects
    3. Creating tables and defining data integrity
      1. Creating tables
      2. Defining data integrity
    4. Conclusion
  9. Chapter 2. Single-table queries
    1. Elements of the SELECT statement
      1. The FROM clause
      2. The WHERE clause
      3. The GROUP BY clause
      4. The HAVING clause
      5. The SELECT clause
      6. The ORDER BY clause
      7. The TOP and OFFSET-FETCH filters
      8. A quick look at window functions
    2. Predicates and operators
    3. CASE expressions
    4. NULLs
    5. All-at-once operations
    6. Working with character data
      1. Data types
      2. Collation
      3. Operators and functions
      4. The LIKE predicate
    7. Working with date and time data
      1. Date and time data types
      2. Literals
      3. Working with date and time separately
      4. Filtering date ranges
      5. Date and time functions
    8. Querying metadata
      1. Catalog views
      2. Information schema views
      3. System stored procedures and functions
    9. Conclusion
    10. Exercises
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6
      7. Exercise 7
      8. Exercise 8
      9. Exercise 9
      10. Exercise 10
    11. Solutions
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6
      7. Exercise 7
      8. Exercise 8
      9. Exercise 9
      10. Exercise 10
  10. Chapter 3. Joins
    1. Cross joins
      1. ISO/ANSI SQL-92 syntax
      2. ISO/ANSI SQL-89 syntax
      3. Self cross joins
      4. Producing tables of numbers
    2. Inner joins
      1. ISO/ANSI SQL-92 syntax
      2. ISO/ANSI SQL-89 syntax
      3. Inner join safety
    3. More join examples
      1. Composite joins
      2. Non-equi joins
      3. Multi-join queries
    4. Outer joins
      1. Fundamentals of outer joins
      2. Beyond the fundamentals of outer joins
    5. Conclusion
    6. Exercises
      1. Exercise 1-1
      2. Exercise 1-2 (optional, advanced)
      3. Exercise 2
      4. Exercise 3
      5. Exercise 4
      6. Exercise 5
      7. Exercise 6
      8. Exercise 7 (optional, advanced)
      9. Exercise 8 (optional, advanced)
      10. Exercise 9 (optional, advanced)
    7. Solutions
      1. Exercise 1-1
      2. Exercise 1-2
      3. Exercise 2
      4. Exercise 3
      5. Exercise 4
      6. Exercise 5
      7. Exercise 6
      8. Exercise 7
      9. Exercise 8
      10. Exercise 9
  11. Chapter 4. Subqueries
    1. Self-contained subqueries
      1. Self-contained scalar subquery examples
      2. Self-contained multivalued subquery examples
    2. Correlated subqueries
      1. The EXISTS predicate
    3. Beyond the fundamentals of subqueries
      1. Returning previous or next values
      2. Using running aggregates
      3. Dealing with misbehaving subqueries
    4. Conclusion
    5. Exercises
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2 (optional, advanced)
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6
      7. Exercise 7 (optional, advanced)
      8. Exercise 8 (optional, advanced)
      9. Exercise 9
      10. Exercise 10 (optional, advanced)
    6. Solutions
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6
      7. Exercise 7
      8. Exercise 8
      9. Exercise 9
      10. Exercise 10
  12. Chapter 5. Table expressions
    1. Derived tables
      1. Assigning column aliases
      2. Using arguments
      3. Nesting
      4. Multiple references
    2. Common table expressions
      1. Assigning column aliases in CTEs
      2. Using arguments in CTEs
      3. Defining multiple CTEs
      4. Multiple references in CTEs
      5. Recursive CTEs
    3. Views
      1. Views and the ORDER BY clause
      2. View options
    4. Inline table-valued functions
    5. The APPLY operator
    6. Conclusion
    7. Exercises
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2-1
      3. Exercise 2-2
      4. Exercise 3-1
      5. Exercise 3-2
      6. Exercise 4 (optional, advanced)
      7. Exercise 5-1
      8. Exercise 5-2 (optional, advanced)
      9. Exercise 6-1
      10. Exercise 6-2
    8. Solutions
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2-1
      3. Exercise 2-2
      4. Exercise 3-1
      5. Exercise 3-2
      6. Exercise 4
      7. Exercise 5-1
      8. Exercise 5-2
      9. Exercise 6-1
      10. Exercise 6-2
  13. Chapter 6. Set operators
    1. The UNION operator
      1. The UNION ALL operator
      2. The UNION (DISTINCT) operator
    2. The INTERSECT Operator
      1. The INTERSECT (DISTINCT) operator
      2. The INTERSECT ALL operator
    3. The EXCEPT operator
      1. The EXCEPT (DISTINCT) operator
      2. The EXCEPT ALL operator
    4. Precedence
    5. Circumventing unsupported logical phases
    6. Conclusion
    7. Exercises
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6 (optional, advanced)
    8. Solutions
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6
  14. Chapter 7. Beyond the fundamentals of querying
    1. Window functions
      1. Ranking window functions
      2. Offset window functions
      3. Aggregate window functions
    2. Pivoting data
      1. Pivoting with a grouped query
      2. Pivoting with the PIVOT operator
    3. Unpivoting data
      1. Unpivoting with the APPLY operator
      2. Unpivoting with the UNPIVOT operator
    4. Grouping sets
      1. The GROUPING SETS subclause
      2. The CUBE subclause
      3. The ROLLUP subclause
      4. The GROUPING and GROUPING_ID functions
    5. Conclusion
    6. Exercises
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6
    7. Solutions
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6
  15. Chapter 8. Data modification
    1. Inserting data
      1. The INSERT VALUES statement
      2. The INSERT SELECT statement
      3. The INSERT EXEC statement
      4. The SELECT INTO statement
      5. The BULK INSERT statement
      6. The identity property and the sequence object
    2. Deleting data
      1. The DELETE statement
      2. The TRUNCATE statement
      3. DELETE based on a join
    3. Updating data
      1. The UPDATE statement
      2. UPDATE based on a join
      3. Assignment UPDATE
    4. Merging data
    5. Modifying data through table expressions
    6. Modifications with TOP and OFFSET-FETCH
    7. The OUTPUT clause
      1. INSERT with OUTPUT
      2. DELETE with OUTPUT
      3. UPDATE with OUTPUT
      4. MERGE with OUTPUT
      5. Nested DML
    8. Conclusion
    9. Exercises
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6
    10. Solutions
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
      5. Exercise 5
      6. Exercise 6
  16. Chapter 9. Temporal tables
    1. Creating tables
    2. Modifying data
    3. Querying data
    4. Conclusion
    5. Exercises
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
    6. Solutions
      1. Exercise 1
      2. Exercise 2
      3. Exercise 3
      4. Exercise 4
  17. Chapter 10. Transactions and concurrency
    1. Transactions
    2. Locks and blocking
      1. Locks
      2. Troubleshooting blocking
    3. Isolation levels
      1. The READ UNCOMMITTED isolation level
      2. The READ COMMITTED isolation level
      3. The REPEATABLE READ isolation level
      4. The SERIALIZABLE isolation level
      5. Isolation levels based on row versioning
      6. Summary of isolation levels
    4. Deadlocks
    5. Conclusion
    6. Exercises
      1. Exercise 1-1
      2. Exercise 1-2
      3. Exercise 1-3
      4. Exercise 1-4
      5. Exercise 1-5
      6. Exercise 1-6
      7. Exercise 2-1
      8. Exercise 2-2
      9. Exercise 2-3
      10. Exercise 2-4
      11. Exercise 2-5
      12. Exercise 2-6
      13. Exercise 3-1
      14. Exercise 3-2
      15. Exercise 3-3
      16. Exercise 3-4
      17. Exercise 3-5
      18. Exercise 3-6
      19. Exercise 3-7
  18. Chapter 11. Programmable objects
    1. Variables
    2. Batches
      1. A batch as a unit of parsing
      2. Batches and variables
      3. Statements that cannot be combined in the same batch
      4. A batch as a unit of resolution
      5. The GO n option
    3. Flow elements
      1. The IF . . . ELSE flow element
      2. The WHILE flow element
    4. Cursors
    5. Temporary tables
      1. Local temporary tables
      2. Global temporary tables
      3. Table variables
      4. Table types
    6. Dynamic SQL
      1. The EXEC command
      2. The sp_executesql stored procedure
      3. Using PIVOT with Dynamic SQL
    7. Routines
      1. User-defined functions
      2. Stored procedures
      3. Triggers
    8. Error handling
    9. Conclusion
  19. Appendix: Getting started
    1. Getting started with Azure SQL Database
    2. Installing a SQL Server box product
      1. 1. Obtain SQL Server
      2. 2. Install the database engine
    3. Downloading and installing SQL Server Management Studio
    4. Downloading source code and installing the sample database
    5. Working with SQL Server Management Studio
    6. Working with SQL Server Books Online
  20. Index
  21. About the author
  22. Visit us today at
  23. Hear about it first
  24. Free ebooks
  25. Survey
  26. Code Snippets

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