Tally Tables in T-SQL
The Tally (or Numbers) table is one of the most useful constructs in intermediate-level SQL. Have you ever written a...
2014-03-27
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Dwain Camps
Getting an INDEX SEEK to Speed up LIKE “%string%” Searches
In today’s blog I will attempt to challenge the popularly held notion that LIKE “%string%” wildcard searches must be slow...
2014-03-26
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Common Table Expressions in SQL
In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced the Common Table Expression (CTE). CTEs share similarities with VIEWS and derived tables, but...
2014-03-23
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The T-SQL ROW_NUMBER() Function
If you learn one new T-SQL (i.e., Microsoft SQL Server) concept today it should be ROW_NUMBER(). Introduced in SQL 2005,...
2014-03-22
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Creating a Date Range from Multiple Rows Based on a Single Date
When you've got only a single effective date on a record and you need to artificially create the effective end date based on a following row in T-SQL, the techniques discussed in this article will help you decide what is best.
2014-03-18
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The SQL TABLE Type: Beyond Table-Valued Parameters
Follow along as this starter article on the SQL TABLE Type walks you through the various ways it can be used in T-SQL.
2014-03-03
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2014-01-09
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Variable Default Values to a Stored Procedure (SQL Spackle)
A way to assign variable and overrideable defaults to input parameters to an SP or FUNCTION using a configurations table.
2013-09-03
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2013-09-03
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A Hazard of Using the SQL Merge Statement
The SQL MERGE statement can make your DML querying more efficient but you need to take care or you may get burned
2013-04-03
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Question of the Day
Trigger Order III
I have created these triggers in SQL Server 2022:
CREATE TRIGGER triggertest_tri_1 ON dbo.triggertest FOR INSERT AS PRINT 'one' GO CREATE TRIGGER triggertest_tri_2 ON dbo.triggertest FOR INSERT AS PRINT 'two' GOI want to be sure that the trigger with "1" runs first. I decide to run this:
EXEC sp_settriggerorder@triggername = 'triggertest_tri_1', @order = 'first'What happens? See possible answers