The Case for Scalar-valued, User-defined Functions in T-SQL
Did you know that scalar-valued, user-defined functions can be used in DEFAULT/CHECK CONSTRAINTs and computed columns? Learn about it...
2015-05-12
7,260 reads
Dwain Camps
Ruminations on Writing Great T-SQL
Today we’re going to try to extend some advice that I once heard from SQL MVP Jeff Moden, which I...
2015-05-04 (first published: 2015-04-23)
9,227 reads
Excel in T-SQL Part 1 – HARMEAN, GEOMEAN and FREQUENCY
Today’s blog will be the first in a multi-part series on replicating Excel functions in T-SQL, starting with HARMEAN, GEOMEAN...
2015-04-29
2,292 reads
Stupid T-SQL Tricks – Part 3: A Zodiacal SQL
Today we’ll learn how you can use T-SQL to calculate your zodiac sign from your birthdate.
“Heeeeeere’s Johnny!” – Ed McMahon introducing...
2015-04-16
1,329 reads
An Even Faster Method of Calculating the Median on a Partitioned Heap
Back in 2013 I wrote an article kindly accepted for publication on the Simple Talk web site called Calculating the...
2015-04-08
870 reads
A Hazard of Using the SQL Update Statement
If you've never encountered this quirk of the SQL UPDATE statement, you should take a look and find a simple way around it.
2015-04-06 (first published: 2013-09-09)
27,681 reads
An Easter SQL
Since Easter is nearly upon us, I got to thinking once again about how challenging it is to calculate the...
2015-03-31
3,666 reads
Identifying Start Dates not Aligned with End Dates on a Prior Row
When effective end dates don't align properly with effective start dates for subsequent rows, what are you to do?
2015-03-24
10,576 reads
Lessons Learned from a Poor-performing VIEW
It is a “common knowledge” among SQL practitioners that VIEWs don’t perform well. Recently during an application’s development I put...
2015-03-20 (first published: 2015-03-12)
8,915 reads
Stupid T-SQL Tricks – Part 2: Retrieving Columns Set to the Current DEFAULT CONSTRAINT Value
“Heeeeeere’s Johnny!” – Ed McMahon introducing Johnny Carson for the Tonight Show
If you’re old enough to remember the Tonight Show hosted...
2015-03-19
747 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Foilsick
By Steve Jones
foilsick – adj. feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to...
Accelerated Database Recovery for tempdb in SQL Server 2025
Accelerated database recovery was introduced in SQL Server 2019 and provides fast recovery, instantaneous...
Measuring What Matters: Operationalizing Data Trust for CDOs
By Chris Yates
Trust is the currency of the data economy. Without it, even the most advanced...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
ETL Framework In Production
Hello, I am leveraging Python within SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages, primarily through...
SQL Server Ghosts
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server Ghosts