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The Ultimate Object Searcher

Searches for objects (including CLR) who's names contain the search string. outputs IDs, names, and types of the object and its parent.

T-SQL Parsing Crazy Eights

The Dynamic Tally or Numbers Table

Building a tally table is a common T-SQL problem that many new developers struggle with. Lynn Pettis brings us an article that shows how to use CTEs to accomplish this.

newid() and newsequentialid()

T-SQL Fun

DDL or DML

Deleting Large Number of Records

Often someone will try to perform a delete on a large number of records and run into a number of problems. Slow performance, log growth, and more. Lynn Pettis shows us how to better handle this situation in SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005

T-SQL Challenge #1

Do you want to improve your T-SQL skills? MVP Jacob Sebastian runs regular challenges to get you to think about how to solve a problem in T-SQL. These run monthly and we have a summary and explanation from challenge #1 to help you learn more about moving data from 3 tables into a specific format.

Ten Common SQL Programming Mistakes

It is not always easy to spot "antipatterns" in your SQL, especially in more complex queries. In this article, Plamen demonstrates some of the most common SQL coding errors that he encounters, explains their root cause, and illustrates potential solutions.