*** In case you missed it, SQL Server Developer's Edition is now FREE!!!! ***

• Jeff Moden

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  April 3, 2016 at 9:33 am

  #315052

  At the end of March, 2016, Microsoft announced that the Developer's Edition is now FREE! Please see the following URL for details.

  https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/03/31/microsoft-sql-server-developer-edition-is-now-free/

  Based on a majority of questions on these fine forums here at SSC, you should also be made aware of the link for "Books Online" so that you can learn to help yourself. 😉 Here's that link...

  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214(v=sql.120).aspx

  --Jeff Moden

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  RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
  First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
  ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

  Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
  

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  Helpful Links:
  How to post code problems
  How to Post Performance Problems
  Create a Tally Function (fnTally)
  

• Luis Cazares

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  April 4, 2016 at 6:40 am

  #1869480

  This should be a pinned post, so I'm bringing it back to the top of the list. 😉

  Luis C.
  General Disclaimer:
  Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

  How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help: Option 1 / Option 2

• Eric M Russell

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  April 7, 2016 at 12:30 pm

  #1870624

  Oracle, eat your heart out!

  All you resellers on eBay can eat your little hearts out too. Ha!

  http://www.bing.com/search?q=site%3Aebay.com+%22sql+server+2014%22+%22developer+edition

  "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

• Alan Burstein

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  April 7, 2016 at 8:27 pm

  #1870700

  "SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition, when released later this year, will also be free. ":w00t::w00t:

  "I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

  -- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001