How to get monthly YTD data
This article presents an easy method to get YTD data grouped by months in T-SQL.
2012-01-24
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2012-01-24 (first published: 2010-07-28)
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Physical Database Design Consideration
There are lots of things to think about when you design a physical database. What data types should I use? What column is appropriate for the primary key? Are there particular indexes that I should use to improve performance? How should I implement data integrity rules? This list goes on and on. In this article Greg Larsen will be exploring different physical database design elements.
2012-01-24
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Testing times
Databases are unique in IT that they are singularly resistant to 'best practice' advice. Any such advice can never be anything other than a starting position for tests in your own environment.
2012-01-23
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TSQL Challenge 74 - Find the expiring quantity of material
The challenge is to create a query for a report that show expiring material
2012-01-23
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Using the MERGE Statement in SSIS Via a Stored Procedure
Step-by-step instructions how to build a stored procedure that dynamically constructs and executes a merge statement within SSIS.
2012-01-23
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Tom LaRock's SQL Server Howlers
In this next article in our series where well-known SQL Server people write about their favorite SQL Server Howlers, we asked Tom Larock for his top five common misunderstandings about how SQL Server works that end in tears, and plaintive forum questions.
2012-01-23
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Sub query expressions vs. Joins.
Do sub query expressions introduce a performance penalty on retrieving large data sets?
2012-01-20 (first published: 2010-07-22)
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Incorporating XML into your Database Objects
XML data can become a full participant in a SQL Server Database, and can be used in views, functions, check constraints, computed columns and defaults. Views and table-valued functions can be used to provide a tabular view of XML data that can be used in SQL Expressions. Robert Sheldon explains how.
2012-01-20
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2012-01-19 (first published: 2010-07-21)
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QUOTENAME Behavior
I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?
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