bEffectively query and modify data using Transact-SQLbbrMaster T-SQL fundamentals and write robust code for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. Itzik Ben-Gan explains key T-SQL concepts and helps you apply your knowledge with hands-on exercises. The book first introduces T-SQL's roots and underlying logic. Next, it walks you through core topics such as single-table queries, joins, subqueries, table expressions, and set operators. Then the book covers more-advanced data-query topics such as window functions, pivoting, and grouping sets. The book also explains how to modify data, work with temporal tables, and handle transactions, and provides an overview of programmable objects.p bbrbp bMicrosoft Data Platform MVP Itzik Ben-Gan shows you how to bp ul liReview core SQL concepts and its mathematical rootsli liCreate tables and enforce data integrityli liPerform effective single-table queries by using the SELECT statementli liQuery multiple tables by using joins, subqueries, table