Microsoft Transact-SQL: The Definitive Guide

According to industry studies, 70-80% of database performance problems are caused by poorly written code. Microsoft® Transact-SQL® The Definitive Guide is a comprehensive T-SQL language handbook written for the MS SQL Server® 2008 developer having performance problems with SQL. The text includes case studies and examples demonstrating how to write or rewrite T-SQL source code.

Jeffrey Garbus is a leading database consultant and the CEO of Soaring Eagle Consulting, Ltd. He has over 20 years of experience consulting, tuning, and training on the Microsoft SQL Server. A frequent conference speaker, Mr. Garbus has written a dozen books and countless magazine articles on SQL, SQL Server and Sybase® He is also the host of the Accelerated SQL Performance Series, a webinar series designed to improve SQL performance.
Palamen Ratchev is the founder of Tangra, a firm specializing in relational database applications analysis, imokelementation and tuning Mr. Ratchev has a master's degree in Computer Science and holds numerous Microsoft certifications including Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SQL Server.
Alvin Chang is a database systems consultant, technical trainer, and author of several books and training materials on SQL Server. He has been working with SQL Server for over 10 years.
Joe Celko served for 10 years on the ANSI/ISO SQL Standards Committee and contributed to the SQL-89 and SQL-92 Standards He is the author of over 800 columns and eight books on SQL.