What Exactly Is a CTE in T-SQL? A Comprehensive Guide with 7 Examples
Learn how to use CTEs through the use of a number of examples.
2023-10-20
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CTE in SQL Server Examples
In this article we cover what a Common Table Expression CTE is and how to write a CTE for doing selects, inserts, deletes, updates and more.
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Navigating Trees With CTE
Introduction This article shows how common table expressions (CTE) in SQL Server are naturally suited for navigating trees, such as finding its longest path, or diameter. Recall that a tree is an undirected graph where unique paths exist between any two nodes (i.e. vertices). Any node may be selected as its top node, with its […]
2021-04-19
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A Solution for the Bin Packing Problem
A detailed description of a technique for the the solution of the Bin Packing Problem, that involves a recursive CTE and Window functions
2020-05-14 (first published: 2020-04-23)
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The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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