Finding Available Keys When Merging Two Tables
Find available keys when merging two tables with duplicate keys.
2008-05-26
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T-SQL
Passing Parameters as (almost) 1, 2, and 3 Dimensional Arrays
It's a well known fact that there's no such thing as a true "array" in SQL Server and that you can't pass a table as a parameter... but you can get a lot closer than you think.
2010-01-08 (first published: 2008-05-22)
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2008-05-19
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2008-05-14
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2008-05-13
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2008-05-07
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The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop
Many people have used a "Numbers" or "Tally" table without really knowing what it does. This is an introduction as to how a Tally table replaces a loop.
2022-09-05 (first published: 2008-05-07)
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2008-05-06
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2008-05-05
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A Sudoku solution with set based T-SQL utilizing binary operators
A Sudoku solution with set based T-SQL approach utilizing binary values and operators, to ease the algorithm.
2011-12-21 (first published: 2008-04-30)
4,167 reads
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
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