Script to create demo database and load data for statistics and R
Make sure you have a working install of SQL Server 2016. The size of the database is only 8 MB.
USE...
2016-07-15
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Mala's Data Blog
Descriptive Statistics with SQL and R – 1
I started my re-discovery of statistics with an introduction here. This second post is about descriptive statistics – very basic, simple...
2016-07-14
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Basic Statistics with SQL – Introduction
I was a student of statistics in school and college. I didn’t get to use much of anything I learned...
2016-07-10
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TSQL Tuesday #75 – PowerBI
This month’s TSQL Tuesday post is from one of my favorite people in the community – Jorge Segarra a.k.a. SQL Chicken. It...
2016-02-17
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Advent of Code – Day 2 – Using Cross apply
For this post i worked on second puzzle in the Adventofcode series. This wasn’t as challenging as the first one, but...
2016-02-02
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Advent of Code – Day 1 – Parsing a variable
I have been following the series of posts written by my friend and SQL MCM Wayne Sheffield on some TSQL...
2016-01-19
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Comparing data in two identical tables
Continuing with the recipes in SQL Server 2012 T-SQL recipes book – I was drawn to this puzzle that asked for...
2015-12-14
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Escaping Strings
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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