Book III
SQL Queries
Book III
SQL Queries
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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