<div><p style="margin:0px"><b>Gain a solid understanding of T-SQL—and write better queries</b></p><p style="margin:0px">Master the fundamentals of Transact-SQL—and develop your own code for querying and modifying data in Microsoft SQL Server 2016. Led by a SQL Server expert, you’ll learn the concepts behind T-SQL querying and programming, and then apply your knowledge with exercises in each chapter. Once you understand the logic behind T-SQL, you’ll quickly learn how to write effective code—whether you’re a programmer or database administrator.</p><p style="margin:0px">Discover how to: </p><ul><li>Work with programming practices unique to T-SQL </li><li>Create database tables and define data integrity </li><li>Query multiple tables using joins and subqueries </li><li>Simplify code and improve maintainability with table expressions </li><li>Implement insert, update, delete, and merge data modification strategies </li><li>Tackle advanced techniques such as window functions, pivoting and grouping sets</li><li>Control data consistency using isolation levels, and mitigate deadlocks and blocking</li><li>Take T-SQL to the next level with programmable objects </li></ul></div>