VARCHAR (MAX), NVARCHAR (MAX) and NTEXT Data Types

Despite NTEXT and TEXT being deprecated in SQL Server for some time they are still both used in production systems. In this article, I will briefly demonstrate the difference between a VARCHAR (MAX), NVARCHAR (MAX) and the NTEXT data types, and the impact on performance from using NTEXT/TEXT.

Number of Rows

Matching Missing Field

TRY...CATCH

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.