2024-11-25
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2024-11-25
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An in depth look at the implications of using Banker's Rounding.
2020-06-15
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As SQL developers, we tend to think of performance tuning in terms of crafting the best table indices, avoiding scalar and table valued functions, and analyzing query plans (among other things). But sometimes going back to the spec and applying some properties of elementary math can be the best way to begin to improve performance of SQL queries which implement mathematical formulas. This article is a case study of how I used this technique to optimize my SQL implementation of the Inverse Simpson Index.
2021-05-07 (first published: 2019-09-12)
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How we can use SQL to solve a math problem published in The Guardian...but with a caution about implicit type conversion.
2015-07-14
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3 functions that implement the left (<<), right (>>) and unsigned right (>>>) shift operators, commonly found in C-style languages.
2012-02-15 (first published: 2011-12-30)
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By Chris Yates
Trust is the currency of the data economy. Without it, even the most advanced...
By Steve Jones
Another test with Copilot in SSMS (v22 P3) that didn’t go so well. This...
By Kevin3NF
If your production SQL Servers are still running 2016 (or older) you’re basically banking...
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