Power and Deception of CTEs
A performance problem with a CTE based stored procedure, opened the developers eyes to a whole new world
2008-12-01
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Kev Riley
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SQL Server Scalabilty - An Introduction
A brief introduction into the world of scalability, presenting at a high-level the various options
2008-03-19
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