Throughout my career I have worked with different programming and database tools. Thinking back the tools that I enjoyed using were the tools that were easy to get the job done, and the tools that I hated using were the tools that were the most difficult to use. Being good at what I do means mastering the tools so that …
This is part 16 of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between each of these types of JOINS, and when they should be used. Then we’ll explore some common uses for JOINS, such as replacing a not in clause with JOIN to get the same results with better performance. You …
Years ago while working on my CTE presentation for a SQL Saturday I added a blog post called “Using a CTE to Split a String Into Rows“, and since that posting I have used it many times. But as things go in development eventually there is a need to do something more. Doing some complex string building to create files …
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This is part 15 “inner and outer JOIN” of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between each of these types of JOINS, and when they should be used. Then we’ll explore some common uses for JOINS, such as replacing a not in clause with JOIN to get the same results …
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KeePass – to improve your process Before proceeding with the article, please take this quick password safety test …. Read More …. TSQL Basics Part 12: OUTER APPLY – Video Explanation Next, we have the OUTER APPLY. And this is a lot like, instead of an INNER JOIN, where it’s gonna be a lot like a LEFT OUTER JOIN between…. …
This is part 14 “full outer JOIN with exclusion” of a 19 part series on TSQL Basics. You will first gain an understanding of the differences between each of these types of joins, and when they should be used. Then we’ll explore some common uses for joins, such as replacing a not in clause with join to get the same …
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We recently worked on a SQL Server Performance Assessment for a client and during that we assisted with the upgrade from SQL Server standard edition to SQL Server enterprise edition. Part of the upgrade was an attempt to make use of more cores on the server. They were using Standard Edition of SQL Server which was fully utilizing 48 cores …
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