SQLGeordie

SQL Server Consultant with extensive experience in the financial, health and retail sectors. Strong in all areas of SQL Server and specialise in Security but really get my kicks from System Optimisation and Performance Tuning. Being a DBA is a thankless task at times but sadly I do enjoy it.

Organiser of the SQLNorthEast Usergroup (@SQLNE) and the Newcastle leg of SQLRelay (www.sqlrelay.co.uk) as well as trying to help out others where I can via social network (follow me @SQLGeordie)
  • Interests: Cricket, Rugby, Football

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2013 in review

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Password Guidance

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Using table variables in T-SQL

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Azure elastic query credential question

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Question of the Day

Using table variables in T-SQL

What happens if you run the following code in SQL Server 2022+? 

declare @t1 table (id int);

insert into @t1 (id) values (NULL), (1), (2), (3);

select count(*)
from @t1
where @t1.id is distinct from NULL;
 

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