I've not read this entire article but there does seem to be a problem... for example, this is a quote from the article...
When I ran the code in Listing 6, it produced the results found in 1.
Figure 1: Results when executing code in Listing 1
By reviewing the results in Figure 1, you can see that the current date/time was displayed as a DATETIME data type value.
The thing is, there is no "Figure 1" in the article.
--Jeff Moden
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".
"Dear Lord... I'm a DBA so please give me patience because, if you give me strength, I'm going to need bail money too!"
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)