Conditionally Returning Rows Based On Query Results
While I normally prefer formatting my query results in a downstream app/reporting layer, sometimes I can’t get around adding some...
2018-10-29 (first published: 2018-10-16)
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Bert Wagner
Unexpected Shorthand Date Implicit Conversions
I do my best work in the mornings. Evenings are pretty good too once I get a second wind.
Late afternoon are my nemesis for getting any serious technical or...
2018-10-23
4 reads
Unexpected Shorthand Date Implicit Conversions
I do my best work in the mornings. Evenings are pretty good too once I get a second wind.
Late afternoon are my nemesis for getting any serious technical or...
2018-10-23
4 reads
The Project Graveyard
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #107 prompt by Jeff Mlakar. T-SQL Tuesday is a way...
2018-10-18 (first published: 2018-10-09)
2,723 reads
Conditionally Returning Rows Based On Query Results
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While I normally prefer formatting my query results in a downstream app/reporting layer, sometimes I can't get around adding some business formatting logic to...
2018-10-16
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Conditionally Returning Rows Based On Query Results
Watch this week's video on YouTube
While I normally prefer formatting my query results in a downstream app/reporting layer, sometimes I can't get around adding some business formatting logic to...
2018-10-16
48 reads
Power BI Dashboards, Reports, and Datasets with the SQL Chefs
This week I had the opportunity to learn about dashboards, reports, and datasets in Power BI using the best kind...
2018-10-11 (first published: 2018-10-02)
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The Project Graveyard
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #107 prompt by Jeff Mlakar. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about...
2018-10-09
1 reads
The Project Graveyard
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #107 prompt by Jeff Mlakar. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about...
2018-10-09
2 reads
Shortchanged with International Money in SQL Server
Imagine you have to perform some salary analysis for your employer International Mega Corp.
The data you have to work with...
2018-10-03 (first published: 2018-09-25)
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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