2008-10-10 (first published: 2008-07-20)
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T-SQL
Deleting Duplicate batches of rows
All of us have problems with Duplicate rows, here is a simple and efficient way of removing duplicate rows
2008-10-03 (first published: 2008-07-18)
1,671 reads
A Generic Histogram Generator for SQL Server
Histograms help people analyze large amounts of data, whether you display them as tables or as charts. This article shows you how to do both.
2008-07-16
3,216 reads
Dynamically controlling the number of rows affected by a SQL Server query
One thing you may need to do is dynamically return a set amount of rows based on user input. This could be for a search function, reports, dropdown lists or whatever. Instead of hard coding a set value you would like to pass in a variable that will then determine the number of rows to return. How can this be done with T-SQL?
2008-07-16
4,539 reads
2013-07-31 (first published: 2008-07-15)
1,601 reads
2008-09-18 (first published: 2008-07-15)
699 reads
2008-09-10 (first published: 2008-07-12)
1,508 reads
2008-07-11
427 reads
Building Parent-Child Table Tree information
How many times have you wanted to know which child or grandchild records exists for a parent record? SSMS doesn't make this information easy to find beyond one level. New author Narasimhan Jayachandran brings us an article and a recursive solution.
2008-07-10
12,305 reads
Understanding INNER join in detail
This objective of the article is to give readers in depth understanding of INNER JOIN with different joining conditions.
2009-10-23 (first published: 2008-07-08)
43,136 reads
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