I totally agree that what the standards are defined as are not nearly as important as following them. Consistency is King!! We'll, that and good documentation.

Bugger, I didn't notice that it was a multiple answer question!

The "correlation" is that for every row in Table A, something (Action A) will be done with it (more like an OUTER APPLY because of the "every row" comment). ...

Just for giggles and grins today, I wrote a version of Jonathan's function that is similar but does not use the CROSS JOIN nor the IIF/CASE statements:

CREATE...

IMHO, the closest thing to a CROSS APPLY is a "Correlated Sub-Query" with an implicit join, which can return more than one row per input row if you're not...

Personally, I would avoid recursive CTEs whenever possible. By using the Tally, it replaces the hidden loop that the recursive CTE performs with an efficient set-based manner. Take a look...

It's true that the result is the same either way, however I prefer not to use the old method you have in your FROM statement of comma separated sources instead...

I think it comes down to a balance between performance and management. Sure, your proposal to have a slew of functions to fit various criteria would work and would likely...

No worries, Jeff. I also use the first one most primarily (99+%) with only a few use cases for the offset one. You got me to thinking about the UNION...

Hi Jeff! Here's a version that I've used for a while that's been pretty handy for me:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fnTally(@RowCnt bigint, @ZeroOrOne bit = 1)
RETURNS TABLE WITH SCHEMABINDING
AS...

I have used the analogy of medical doctors before to describe the different fields within the computing space. It does help people to recognize that there is quite a bit...

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I thought the same thing initially, but it won't work because DATEPART(mm,oh.OrderDate) is not part of the GROUP BY whereas DATENAME(mm,oh.OrderDate) is.

Arg! I clicked the wrong one! I got so excited because I new that it would list it by month name yet be in the proper order (month number). This...

Great article Thom! I've been working on a SQL Saturday presentation right along these lines. There were a couple of points that I'd like to include in my presentation with...

This post was a great recognition to those who travel extensively and the impact that it has on them and their family. For a period of time, I figured that...