SQL ROUND Function vs. Bankers Rounding with T-SQL
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Express a Number or Currency in Words with T-SQL Code
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Create Document Templates in a SQL Server Database Table
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The SQL Language is Just a Hurdle You Gotta Overcome.
I’m not talking just about Microsoft SQL Server specifically here, nor T-SQL. Let’s zoom out a little and […]
Manage Elastic jobs in Azure using Azure Elastic Jobs Manager
Microsoft Azure offers the Azure Elastic Job agent as a managed service, enabling efficient scheduling of T-SQL workloads […]
Finding Sister Locations to Help Each Other: Answers & Discussion
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Using ChatGPT for T-SQL Code Reviews
For this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, Pinal Dave asked us if AI has helped us with our SQL Server […]
Check Azure SQL DB Space Used
A couple of days ago I was doing some cleaning on some Azure SQL DBs and shrinking some […]
The difference between BIN2 and Case-Sensitive collations in SQL
A common question that arises in SQL Server collation discussions is whether a binary collation (BIN2) is functionally […]
Option Recompile is a Magic Turbo Button That Actually Works.
I didn’t say that – Guy Glantser did. Guy Glantser is an Israeli SQL Server guru with a […]
The Last Ticket/Issue I Closed #TSQL2sday
For this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, I asked y’all to write about the most recent ticket or issue that […]
Writing SQL Server code with AI using GitHub Copilot
Introduction In this article, we will see how to work with GitHub Copilot. GitHub copilot is an interesting […]
Use a Table Variable for Logging Entries that Need to ...
Introduction Table variables are special types of local variables that can be used to store data temporarily, similar […]
Deploying Azure SQL Database Using an ARM Template
Provisioning infrastructure in a timely and reliable manner is essential for agile development. One well-liked method that lets […]
Gracefully Handle Errors using TRY CATCH Logic in SQL Server ...
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Dijkstra's Algorithm
Introduction This article celebrates a classic algorithm [1] of Dijkstra (1930 – 2002) which finds a path of […]
Searching an Encrypted Column
When encrypting a database column, equality searching can be preserved by using a deterministic encryption algorithm. A deterministic […]
SQL GROUP BY Alias – An Oracle feature that would ...
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SQL Window Functions Series: LAG() and LEAD()
In the realm of data analysis, being able to understand the relationships between sequential data points is paramount. […]
Window Function Basics – PARTITION BY
One of the things that I’ve done over the last year to improve my T-SQL skills is learn […]
Time Series Data Mining Example with T-SQL when Adding New ...
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Ensuring a Single Row Table
Single row tables in data modeling Single row tables are a fact of our life as as a […]
Unpivoting Multiple Sets of Columns in SQL Server using CROSS ...
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Strategies for queries against bit columns
Recently someone posted a question where they couldn’t quite figure out how to construct a predicate based […]
Efficient Table Migration to a New Schema in T-SQL
Introduction Efficiently migrating tables to a new schema in T-SQL is a common task for database administrators and […]
Don’t use DISTINCT as a “join-fixer”
I’ve quietly resolved performance issues by re-writing slow queries to avoid DISTINCT. Often, the DISTINCT is there […]
Alternatives To SQL Server 2022 Built-in function GREATEST
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The Basics of Using GENERATE_SERIES()
First, SQL Server 2022 has many interesting new features for both DBAs and database developers. GENERATE_SERIES is one […]
GENERATE_SERIES() Breaks Minimal Logging
tl;dr The title says it all. Prologue One of the keys to my personal learning is that, very […]
Different Ways to Format Currency Output in SQL
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Working around schema drift in SQL Server
At Stack Overflow, our environment has multiple implementations of a largely – but not 100% – identical […]
Sample Use Case for Using SQLCMD Utility Batch Files
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FOR XML PATH Changed The Way I Think About T-SQL ...
The first time I saw FOR XML PATH being used to generate a comma-delimited list, I think I […]
Get the Most Current Row From a Detail Table
Task: Update a table with the most current value of a detail table. In this article I’m using […]
Starter Metadata T-SQL Query Examples for Databases and Tables
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Horizontal Trees
Introduction The sp_HorizontalTree procedure introduced here may be used to audit tables with dependent columns. A column is dependent […]
Common Table Expression Basics
Introduction Firstly, we need to understand what is a common table expression. Common table expressions, also abbreviated as […]
REPLACE versus TRANSLATE for SQL Server Text Data Manipulation
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