Microsoft SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals

Overview

Master the foundations of T-SQL with the right balance of conceptual and practical content. Get hands-on guidance—including exercises and code samples—that show you how to develop code to query and modify data. You’ll gain a solid understanding of the T-SQL language and good programming practices, and learn to write more efficient and powerful queries.

Discover how to:

Apply T-SQL fundamentals, create tables, and define data integrity
Understand logical query processing
Query multiple tables using joins and subqueries
Simplify code and improve maintainability with table expressions
Explore pivoting techniques and how to handle grouping sets
Write code that modifies data
Isolate inconsistent data and address deadlock and blocking scenarios