Ben-Gan Itzik. Exam Ref 70-761 Querying Data with Transact-SQL

Pearson (authorization of Microsoft), 2017. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-1-5093-0433-2.Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-761–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of SQL Server 2016 Transact-SQL data management, queries, and database programming. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
Filter, sort, join, aggregate, and modify data
Use subqueries, table expressions, grouping sets, and pivoting
Query temporal and non-relational data, and output XML or JSON
Create views, user-defined functions, and stored procedures
Implement error handling, transactions, data types, and nullsThis Microsoft Exam Ref:
Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
Assumes you have experience working with SQL Server as a database administrator, system engineer, or developer
Includes downloadable sample database and code for SQL Server 2016 SP1 (or later) and Azure SQL Database
Querying Data with Transact-SQLAbout the Exam
Exam 70-761 focuses on the skills and knowledge necessary to manage and query data and to program databases
with Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2016.True PDF