How to get monthly YTD data
This article presents an easy method to get YTD data grouped by months in T-SQL.
Physical Database Design Consideration
There are lots of things to think about when you design a physical database. What data types should I use? What column is appropriate for the primary key? Are there particular indexes that I should use to improve performance? How should I implement data integrity rules? This list goes on and on. In this article Greg Larsen will be exploring different physical database design elements.
Jiggly Code
There should be some method to your madness when fixing code. At least, that's what Linus Torvalds thinks and Steve Jones agrees.
Testing times
Databases are unique in IT that they are singularly resistant to 'best practice' advice. Any such advice can never be anything other than a starting position for tests in your own environment.
TSQL Challenge 74 - Find the expiring quantity of material
The challenge is to create a query for a report that show expiring material
Using the MERGE Statement in SSIS Via a Stored Procedure
Step-by-step instructions how to build a stored procedure that dynamically constructs and executes a merge statement within SSIS.
Tom LaRock's SQL Server Howlers
In this next article in our series where well-known SQL Server people write about their favorite SQL Server Howlers, we asked Tom Larock for his top five common misunderstandings about how SQL Server works that end in tears, and plaintive forum questions.
Index Internal Structure in SQL Server: Stairway to SQL Server Indexes Level 10
A detailed look the B-Tree structure – Leaf level and non-leaf level.
Sub query expressions vs. Joins.
Do sub query expressions introduce a performance penalty on retrieving large data sets?
Blogs
Accept the no and move on
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Don’t Fight with AI
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
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How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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