Extract real, actionable business intelligence by utilizing the power of SQL queries
Featuring 300 ready-to-use SQL queries Practical SQL Queries for SQL Server 2008 shows how to write SQL queries within Microsoft’s BI stack, but well over 90% of the SQL queries will work with relational databases from other vendors. This solutions-based guide contains more than 300 SQL queries that can be immediately applied across a wide variety of BI-related problems. It begins with fundamental principles and simple queries and rapidly progresses to complex and sophisticated queries. The book is structured as follows:
- Query: Introduction and description of query and its use
- Syntax: Complete syntax
- Result: Screen shot showing the data returned from the SQL Server relational database by the query
- Analysis: Analysis of the results and tips for customization
Practical SQL Queries for SQL Server 2008
- Includes 300+ ready-to-use, easily customizable SQL queries, all available for download
- Features a practical, hands-on approach with a minimum of difficult concepts and theory
- Explains how to visualize actionable BI
- Helps to dramatically improve analysis and decision-making skills
Complete coverage of SQL queries
Select – single table; Where; Order By; Select – multiple tables; Aggregates; Select – new tables; Except/Intersect/Union; Group By; System functions; Subqueries; Delete/Insert/Update; Views/User-defined functions; Stored procedures/Programming; DDL (data definition language)/DCL
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