One of the keys to database performance if keeping your transactions as short as possible. In this article we will look at a couple of tricks using the CASE statement to perform multiple updates on a table in a single operation.
SQL is the lingua franca of server-side Web data apps. Some of the advanced features of SQL joins, views, rankings, and computed columns can drastically simplify your code.
In part one of a two part article, Andy Warren challenges the readers of SQLServerCentral.com to solve a problem involving ADO and SQL Server. Are you up to the challenge?
When trying to implement data from an external source, very rarely do you receive the data in perfect condition. In part one of this series, we show you how to clean your data using DTS.
Getting ready to install Windows 2000 SP2? Read this article first. It provides links to resources as well as potential problems.
Review of the MeasureUp test preparation serivce actually used by the author for the SQL Server 7 Design exam(70-029).
Sp_MSforeachdb gives a DBA the ability to cycle through every database in your catalog. Find out how to use it.
SQL Server 7 has a number of bugs that occur on multi-processor machines. This article presents a concise listing of these bugs.
An introductory article from Microsoft on the newest version of SQL Server: SQL Server CE designed for Windows CE devices. Includes some ideas for where this version fits in your architecture.
Setting page visibility and the active page are often overlooked last steps when publishing...
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It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this time Todd Kleinhans has a great...
By Steve Jones
Recently I was working in VS Code and I saw a walkthrough for the...
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I am trying to check out elastic query between two test instances we have...
What happens if you run the following code in SQL Server 2022+?
declare @t1 table (id int); insert into @t1 (id) values (NULL), (1), (2), (3); select count(*) from @t1 where @t1.id is distinct from NULL;See possible answers