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Progressive Sums in T-SQL

A common problem in sql is how to calculate and process, for the current row, information that is based on the results (sum, product, difference, etc) of the rows read so far.A solution (we use) to this problem is to create a self join query based on the primary key using the condition of "greater […]

OPENROWSET function in SQL Server 2005

mong other enhancements in SQL Server 2005, enhancements were made to the OPENROWSET function. This article illustrates BULK operations of the OPENROWSET function.

You are writing a software add-on for SQL...

Boost Performance and Reduce Code Use With SQL Server Aggregate Functi

This article will acquaint you with aggregate functions such as MIN, MAX, COUNT, and AVG, which easily let you perform tasks that you may have thought needed extensive programming codes to accomplish.

You have a table that contains tracking data...

Sequential Ordering on SQL 2005

Many people have posed the question of how to generate sequential numbers for some report when the underlying data has no numbering system. The solutions have always been complicated derived or temporary tables and are difficult to implement. SQL Server 2005, however, brings us the ROW_NUMBER() function and author Michael Coles shows us how this can be used to easily add sequential numbering to your results.

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Deduping Data in SQL Server 2005

One of the neatest T-SQL enhancements in SQL Server 2005 is the ROW_NUMBER() function. New author Charles Hawkins brings us an explanation of how you can use this function along with a Common Table Expression to remove duplicate data.