2012-05-24
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T-SQL
2012-05-22
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The T-SQL of CSV: Comma-Delimited of Errors
Despite the neglect of the basic ODBC drivers over the years, they still afford a neat way of reading from, and writing to, CSV files; and to be able to do so in SQL as if they were tables is somewhat magical. Just to prove it is possible, Phil Factor creates a CSV version of AdventureWorks as a linked server.
2012-05-11
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2012-05-10
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2012-05-09
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2012-05-07
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2012-05-03
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Selecting from hierarchies like Managers and Employees
Chuck Hoffman shows a technique using sets for selecting records from hierarchies such as Manager / Employee structures.
2012-05-03
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2012-04-26
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2012-04-24
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What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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