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How to Build a Data Science Time Series Model with SQL Server
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Step-by-step guide to solve the "INSERT EXEC cannot be nested" problem by using a CLR when unit testing stored procedures using the tSQLt framework.
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Using tsqlt Tests to Practice Queries
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