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Everything about Microsoft Query
Method of creating database queries
Microsoft Query is a visual method of creating database queries using examples based on a text string, the name of a document or a list of documents. The QBE system converts the user input into a formal database query using Structured Query Language (SQL) on the backend, allowing the user to perform powerful searches without having to explicitly compose them in SQL, and without even needing to know SQL. It is derived from Moshé M. Zloof's original Query by Example (QBE) implemented in the mid-1970s at IBM's Research Centre in Yorktown, New York. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Microsoft QueryA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Programming entity frameworkThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Geospatial stream query processing using Microsoft SQL Server StreamInsightCited 47 times
- Go sideways: Query by ExampleA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SQLA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Programming entity frameworkJulia Lerman · 2009
The Definitive Guide to DAXMarco Russo, Alberto Ferrari · 2015
Professional Microsoft searchMark Bennett · 2010
LINQJoseph Albahari · 2008
Professional LINQScott Klein · 2008
Working With Microsoft Fast Search Server 2010 For SharepointRobert Piddocke · 2012
Power Query for Power BI and ExcelChristopher Webb · 2014
Data analysis using SQL and ExcelGordon Linoff · 2007
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