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SQL Query Design Patterns and Best Practices

SQL Query Design Patterns and Best Practices is a practical guide to making queries more efficient and maintainable. This book will help you improve your skills for writing complex queries, formatting, optimizing common query issues, and applying new techniques such as windowing and time-series functionality.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

9h

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

This book is for SQL developers, data analysts, report writers, data scientists, and other data gatherers looking to expand their skills for complex querying as well as for building more efficient and performant queries. For those new to SQL, this book can help you accelerate your learning and keep you from making common mistakes.

Book content

chapters 9h total length

Reducing Rows and Columns in Your Result Sets

Efficiently Aggregating Data in Your Results

Formatting Your Results for Easier Consumption

Manipulating Your Data Results Using Conditional SQL

Using Common Table Expressions

Analyze Your Data Using Window Functions

Reshaping Your Data with Advanced Techniques

Impact of SQL Security on Query Results

Understanding Query Plans

Understanding the Impact of Indexes on Your Query Design

Handling JSON Data in SQL Server

Integrating File Data and Data Lake Content with SQL

Organizing and Sharing Your Queries with Jupyter Notebooks

Appendix – Preparing Your Environment

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