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Advanced SQL Server Triggers: Optimizing and Troubleshooting

by Lucian Lazar

The use of triggers is a fundamental concept in SQL Server as they provide a powerful way to automatically run complex business logic. This course will teach you to use nested triggers and to improve the performance of your SQL Server code.

What you'll learn

Triggers in SQL Server provide powerful and flexible ways to automatically perform a wide range of actions in response to various events within the database system. Understanding when and how to use triggers effectively is crucial for database design and management.

In this course, Advanced SQL Server Triggers: Optimizing and Troubleshooting, you’ll learn to implement nested triggers in SQL Server.

First, you’ll explore the concepts of nested triggers and trigger recursion and how to configure them.

Next, you’ll discover how to optimize performance by writing efficient nested triggers.

Finally, you'll see a real-world example of how nested triggers improve the flow and the performance of data processing.

When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge needed to create and use nested triggers to improve the performance of your SQL Server code.

About the author

Lucian is passionate about learning new concepts and sharing knowledge. He has over 15 years of software development experience and over 5 years of experience in academic teaching. His focus is on database development, PL/SQL programming and performance tuning. He enjoys teaching and mentoring others so they can upgrade their skills and be successful.

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