Some of my greatest mistakes
You are never too experienced to make mistakes. An occasional dose of humble pie serves as a reminder to up our game.
2019-07-05 (first published: 2017-05-18)
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T-SQL
2017-05-02
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OUTPUT Clause Basics (For Inserts and Deletes)
When INSERTING or DELETING rows from a table, the OUTPUT clause can be used to return a dataset containing the changes made. Mat Richardson explains how.
2019-12-27 (first published: 2017-05-02)
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2017-04-24
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Should I Type * or 1 With the EXISTS Logical Operator
In my project I see that people writes different things with EXISTS logical operator (EXISTS (SELECT StarOrOne FROM...)). They are "*", "1" and even "TOP 1 1" or "TOP 1 *". The aim of this article to give a good explanation which option is the best.
2020-01-24 (first published: 2017-04-24)
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2017-04-21
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2017-04-14
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Nuance of datetime data type in SQL Server
One of the most confusing data types in SQL Server is the datetime datatype.
2017-04-13
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2017-04-06
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2017-03-23
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits III
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