在他的SQL Server 2005书籍和SQL Server 2008书籍中对Itzik Ben-Gan的逻辑查询处理顺序感到困惑

Itzik Ben-Gan is a renowned expert in SQL Server and database technologies. He has authored several books on SQL Server, including ones for SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. In his books, he explains the logical query processing order in SQL Server, which can sometimes be confusing.

The logical query processing order refers to the sequence in which SQL Server processes a query to retrieve the desired results. It is important to understand this order to write efficient and optimized queries.

The logical query processing order consists of the following steps:

1. FROM: This step identifies the tables or views involved in the query and creates the initial result set.
2. WHERE: The WHERE clause filters the rows from the result set based on the specified conditions.
3. GROUP BY: If a GROUP BY clause is present, the result set is divided into groups based on the specified columns.
4. HAVING: The HAVING clause filters the groups based on the specified conditions.
5. SELECT: This step selects the columns to be included in the final result set.
6. DISTINCT: If the DISTINCT keyword is used, duplicate rows are removed from the result set.
7. ORDER BY: The result set is sorted based on the specified columns in the ORDER BY clause.
8. TOP: If the TOP keyword is used, only the specified number of rows is returned from the result set.
9. OFFSET-FETCH: If the OFFSET-FETCH clause is used, it allows for pagination by skipping a specified number of rows and returning a specified number of rows.

It is important to note that this is the logical processing order, and the actual physical execution order may differ based on the query optimizer's decisions.

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