Retrieving Identities on set-based inserts
Learn a foolproof way to get identity values for multi-row inserts with the OUTPUT clause in SQL Server 2005 without using a cursor.
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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