Query Answers with SQL Server

Volume I: Introduction to SQL Queries

Do you need to learn to query in SQL Server?

This book helps you develop your analytical abilities as you discover how to write powerful SQL queries using one of the world’s most widely used databases.
This book takes you on an interactive journey to learning basic SQL querying with T-SQL, the Microsoft flavor of the standard database query language.

Step by step, you learn how to deliver meaningful analysis from the data stored in SQL Server. Even if you have never written a SQL query before, you are soon producing insight.

If you already have a grounding in SQL, then you can use this book to give your knowledge a firm basis on which to build. If you are coming to SQL Server from another database, then this book helps you transition smoothly to T-SQL.

In an age in which data is key, you need to ensure that you have the right skills to analyze your data and produce the insight that gives you the competitive edge. So get ahead with SQL using the dozens of practical and enjoyable examples and the methodical and comprehensive approach that this book provides.

Query Answers with SQL Server

Volume II: In-Depth Querying

Do you need to extend your knowledge of querying in SQL Server?

Then this book helps you take your existing skills to the next level as you discover how to write complex and robust SQL queries that enable you to deliver powerful analyses and meaningful insights.

This book takes you further on your journey to mastering SQL querying with SQL Server. Step by step, you learn how to build on your existing knowledge and understand the subtleties of T-SQL, the Microsoft flavor of the standard database query language.

No matter what your current level of SQL knowledge, this book helps you improve your existing proficiency and gives you the confidence to handle any SQL querying challenge. If you are coming to SQL Server from another database, then this book helps you transition smoothly to T-SQL, as well as deepening your knowledge of many of the more advanced SQL Server query techniques.

In an age in which data is key, you need to ensure that you have the right skills to analyze your data and produce the insight that gives you the competitive edge. So get ahead with SQL using the dozens of practical and enjoyable examples and the methodical and comprehensive approach that this book provides.