Importing Text-based data: Workbench
Robyn and Phil return with some fresh ideas about how to import text files into SQL Server, without resorting to DTS or SSIS scripting. They go on to show how much can be done in TSQL
2007-11-05
2,788 reads
T-SQL
Script foreign keys
Using this script you can create a list of sql commands for foreign keys manipulation.
2012-01-10 (first published: 2007-11-02)
5,423 reads
Bit Manipulation Functions (4)
Four bit manipulation functions:
1. Turn bit ON
2. Turn bit OFF
3. Check if bit is ON
4. Toggle bit ON/Off
2007-12-25 (first published: 2007-11-01)
1,085 reads
Aggregating Correlated Sub-Queries
Every now and then you may attempt to calculate an aggregate function -- such as SUM() -- on a correlated subquery, only to encounter the following error:
2007-10-29
4,862 reads
Display row value as a TABLE column using SQL select statement
Display row value as a TABLE column using SQL select statement
2012-01-12 (first published: 2007-10-26)
4,727 reads
2007-10-25
3,902 reads
2007-10-24
4,730 reads
Working with Time Spans and Durations in SQL Server
What is the best way to return the "duration" of an event in SQL, given the start and end datetime values? How can we add up these durations to return grand totals? What data types should be used to return this data to our clients? How do we handle overflows, such as when hours go over 23 or minutes total up to over 59? Are there any T-SQL functions or other techniques that are useful in these scenarios?
2007-10-24
4,455 reads
A New (and Hopefully Better) Approach to Constants
A look at how constants are used in T-SQL and SQL Server in general along with some suggestions on how better to deal with them.
2007-10-16
8,013 reads
Quick table finder
This little script will search for all matching tables on the SQL Server instance
2008-07-30 (first published: 2007-10-15)
751 reads
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Question of the Day
Multiple Values Inserted
I have this code on SQL Server 2022. What happens when it runs all at once?
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.Commission GO CREATE TABLE dbo.Commission (id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CommissionPK PRIMARY KEY , salesperson VARCHAR(20) , commission VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.Commission ( salesperson, commission) VALUES ( 'Brian', 12 ), ( 'Brian', 'None' ) GOSee possible answers