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Toying with template parameters in SQL Server 2005

If you create functions or stored procedures from SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, you will notice that the new window is filled with a template. In general, you get a skeleton interspersed with markers. This article discusses how you can use templates.

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2006-11-02

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Calculating financial values in SQL Server

SQL Server 2000 and 2005 do not include much in the way of financial functions, but there are many sources for the formulas for financial calculations. In this tip, I present the present value (PV) and future value (FV) functions, both of which are scalar UDFs.

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2006-10-26

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Introducing Actions in Analysis Services 2005

In this and the related articles, we will overview Actions in Analysis Services 2005. Much as they did in the previous version of Analysis Services, Actions allow information consumers to go beyond the robust OLAP perspective offered by Analysis Services, and to "step outside" for related information, or to generate commands or initialize programs, without leaving their current analysis focus.

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2006-10-24

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Build molecular queries from atoms in SQL Server

Every SQL Server developer has a preferred method of doing things; mine is what I call molecular queries. These are queries assembled from atomic queries; by which, I mean that they address exactly one table. By combing atoms, I can create molecules.

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2006-10-19

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RegEx Functions I

Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?

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