Book III

SQL Queries

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Contents at a Glance

Chapter 1: Values, Variables, Functions, and Expressions

Entering Data Values

Working with Functions

Using Expressions

Chapter 2: SELECT Statements and Modifying Clauses

Finding Needles in Haystacks with the SELECT Statement

Modifying Clauses

Tuning Queries

Chapter 3: Querying Multiple Tables with Subqueries

What Is a Subquery?

What Subqueries Do

Using Subqueries in INSERT, DELETE, and UPDATE Statements

Tuning Considerations for Statements Containing Nested Queries

Tuning Correlated Subqueries

Chapter 4: Querying Multiple Tables with Relational Operators

UNION

INTERSECT

EXCEPT

JOINS

ON versus WHERE

Join Conditions and Clustering Indexes

Chapter 5: Cursors

Declaring a Cursor

Opening a Cursor

Operating on a Single Row

Closing a Cursor

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