Practical SQL Queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Art Tennick
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media

If this book doesn't contain the information you need about SQL Server 2008 R2, then you probably won't find it anywhere. In this post, I'll give an overview of the changes. Learn powerful techniques for surfacing and delivering actionable business intelligence using SQL. In the “old” days (meaning since SQL Server 2005), we would have created this index (and in fact, even in SQL Server 2012, this is the index SQL Server recommends): CREATE INDEX IX_NotVeryHelpful ON [Sales]. Book Description 400+ ready-to-use, powerful SQL queries. For example, you'll find invaluable information on administering SQL Server more efficiently, analyzing and optimizing queries, implementing data warehouses, ensuring high availability, and tuning performance. Just like I am not a server administrator, I am not a Database Administrator (DBA). To me this attitude demonstrates a naiveté about the industry and the financial, regulatory, and practical realities that many SQL Server users face. And, from what I've heard quite a few companies are already planning to stay with 2008 (or R2) quite a bit longer than they were going to. TSql Practical SQL Examples (Select) · 7 Jun. Regardless, to code around this . Let me give you three examples: 2005 doesn't handle the queries the same and we get errors. SQL Server 2008 continues to support this syntax, but also introduces new more powerful ANSI SQL 2006 compliant syntax.