What are the two uses of % in T-SQL

SSRS Multi-Select

Regarding:Multi-Select Parameters for Reporting ServicesRegular Columnist : Adriaan Davel Posted: 08/13/2007  Our solution:Create a table function to parse the values into a table.Usage:In a stored procedure called by SSRS, pass the multi-select values into this function to return a table of key/value pairs.ie:select * from fnCSV_Parse (',' , 'ca,de,ny,wa')yeilds:tblID       Keys-----------------1        […]

T-SQL error handling with Try…Catch blocks

T-SQL Try…Catch block for SQL Server exception handling has new, improved functions to handle errors when executing T-SQL code in SQL Server 2005.

10 tips for sorting, grouping, and summarizing SQL data

Arranging SQL data that you can effectively analyse requires an understanding of how to use certain SQL clauses and operators. These tips will help you figure out how to build statements that will give you the results you want.

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Using BCP to export the contents of MAX datatypes to a file

Phil Factor presents a poetic stored procedure for storing any VARCHAR(MAX) to file.

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Delete Duplicate Records without using Cursor

This script will delete the duplicate records without using cursor

Performance problem in SQL Server 2005

I have written stored procedure which simply read each row one by one and update the some column in same table.SP is running fine in SQL Server 2000 and completed within 5 minutes (around 5 million rows)But same SP in SQL Server 2005, its taking around more than one hour (for same number of rows)Note: […]

The OUTPUT Command

SQL Server 2005 has added many new T-SQL commands, one of which is the OUTPUT command. Longtime SQL Server author Dinesh Asanka brings us a short look at how you can use this command.