{"product_id":"books-t-sql-window-functions-by-itzik-ben-gan","title":"T-SQL Window Functions","description":"Use window functions to write simpler, better, more efficient T-SQL queries      Most T-SQL developers recognize the value of window functions for data analysis calculations. But they can do far more, and recent optimizations make them even more powerful. In T-SQL Window Functions, renowned T-SQL expert Itzik Ben-Gan introduces breakthrough techniques for using them to handle many common T-SQL querying tasks with unprecedented elegance and power. Using extensive code examples, he guides you through window aggregate, ranking, distribution, offset, and ordered set functions. You’ll find a detailed section on optimization, plus an extensive collection of business solutions — including novel techniques available in no other book.             Microsoft MVP Itzik Ben-Gan shows how to:     • Use window functions to improve queries you previously built with predicates     • Master essential SQL windowing concepts, and efficiently design window functions     • Effectively utilize partitioning, ordering, and framing     • Gain practical in-depth insight into window aggregate, ranking, offset, and statistical functions     • Understand how the SQL standard supports ordered set functions, and find working solutions for functions not yet available in the language     • Preview advanced Row Pattern Recognition (RPR) data analysis techniques     • Optimize window functions in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database, making the most of indexing, parallelism, and more     • Discover a full library of window function solutions for common business problems          About This Book     • For developers, DBAs, data analysts, data scientists, BI professionals, and power users familiar with T-SQL queries     • Addresses any edition of the SQL Server 2019 database engine or later, as well as Azure SQL Database          Get all code samples at:     MicrosoftPressStore.com\/TSQLWindowFunctions\/downloads","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506245099793,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780135861448.jpg?v=1778108222","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-t-sql-window-functions-by-itzik-ben-gan","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}