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SQL Server T-SQL Tuning – NOT IN and NOT Exists

Following on from the previous TSQL performance tuning article in this series, we now focus on the important topic of T-SQL “Not IN” And “Not Exists “

T-SQL 2012 #2

Using a TSQL semaphore in SSIS

This article shows how you can use a TSQL semaphore in SSIS.

SQL Server T-SQL Tuning -TVF and Scalar Functions

A UDF is very convenient for centralising business logic as we can specify a set of business logic in one UDF which references multiple stored procedures and ad-hoc queries. However, they can lead to significant performance degradation due to their demands on the CPU

SQL JOINS

SQL Server Rounding Functions - Round, Ceiling and Floor

I saw your recent tip on Calculating Mathematical Values in SQL Server and have some related issues as I try to round values in my application. My users and me have a difference of opinion on some of the calculations in our reporting applications. All of the code is in T-SQL, but I think the reporting issues are related to data types and rounding down or rounding up rules. Do you have any insight into these issues? I would like to see some examples with a variety of coding options.

Coalesce and Conversion

T-SQL

Single Quotation Marks in SQL

One of the common problems is dealing with apostrophes in T-SQL. This article examines the challenges of single quotation marks and ends with a short quiz.