Minimalistic SELECT

Synonyms for Tables

Storing JSON data

Dropping the External Table

Moving a Table

Dynamic SQL for beginners in 33 minutes

Learn some of the basics of using Dynamic SQL in a short series of videos.

Modern Datatime Addition

Some T-SQL INSERTs DO Follow the Fill Factor! (SQL Oolie)

With origins from the world of “Submarine ‘Dolphin’ Qualification” questions, an “Oolie” is a difficult question to answer, or the knowledge or fact needed to answer such a question, that may or may not pertain to one's duties but tests one's knowledge of a system or process to the limit. Introduction Contrary to what many […]

Creating External Tables

Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Many people have published high performance, read-less, Inline Table Valued functions that use Itzik Ben-Gan's wonderful "Virtual Numbers Table" to replace WHILE loops and other forms of RBAR. This one is Jeff Moden's version.