Steve dives into using CTEs instead of derived tables. What the benefit of CTEs Do CTEs over derived tables benefit performance? And a quick demo explanation Transcription of video: Now let’s take a look at some more complex examples of …

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As part of our weekly free SQL Query Training, we have split the 70-461 curriculum into 4 sections to prepare everyone to take the certification test later in the year. Today’s session is to review the first 25% of the …

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We are currently about 25% of the way through the SQL Server 70-461 exam preparation class, which has been available through Google On Air Broadcasts every Thursday at 9:00am Pacific time. To celebrate the 25% mark, and to strengthen the …

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The free SQL Server Queries weekly training is being presented by Steve Stedman and Aaron Buma. The name of the presentation started out as “OUTPUT Clause and Derived Tables“, however it evolved into “OUTPUT Clause Correlated Subqueries and Subquery Extensions” as we …

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On Thursday Feb 19th at 9:00am pacific time, Aaron Buma and I will be doing another FREE SQL query training session. This is a free training provided by Steve Stedman and Aaron Buma to prepare for the Microsoft 70-461 SQL Queries …

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Here is the agenda for this weeks free SQL training covering  Set Operators, Derived Tables and CTEs – Presentation to prepare for the 70-461 exam: —Set Operators —Derived Tables —Common Table Expressions This session is presented by Aaron Buma and myself. …

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The SQL Training was a lot of fun this week we covered Top, Ranking, NTILE, and Analytic functions in preparation for the Microsoft 70-461 exam. Next week Aaron Buma and I will be presenting Set Operators, Derived Tables and CTEs. The live …

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