Transcription of Video: So here’s an example of building a recursive common table expression, I’m gonna start out with the with statement, we’re gonna call it department CTE. And we’re going to label the columns that we’re going to return department ID, the department, the parent, and those are all things we’ve seen before earlier in the presentation. And then …

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Today I am presenting on Advanced Common Table Expressions as part of the 24 Hours of PASS conference. It is being webcast so check it out if you can. The outline for the presentation will be the following: Recursive Queries Hierarchical Recursive Data Manipulating Data Common Use Cases CTE Performance Considerations Classic Recursive Algorithms The sample code and slides are …

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As part of our weekly free SQL Query Training, we have split the 70-461 curriculum into 4 sections to prepare everyone to take the certification test later in the year. Today’s session is to review the first 25% of the sessions, or the section 1 review as we are calling it. The review topics we will be covering today are …

Today’s Training: SQL Queries Section 1 Review Read more »

We are currently about 25% of the way through the SQL Server 70-461 exam preparation class, which has been available through Google On Air Broadcasts every Thursday at 9:00am Pacific time. To celebrate the 25% mark, and to strengthen the training we have decided to do a review session on everything that we have covered so far. Null Expressions Identity …

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The free SQL Server Queries weekly training is being presented by Steve Stedman. The training is being presented by Aaron Buma and myself. This week we are covering two topics, first the MERGE statement will be covered by Aaron, then I will present on Recursive Queries. There MERGE statement is one of those that I was not familiar enough with when …

Weekly SQL Training – MERGE Statement and Recursive Queries Read more »

Next week, on Thursday Feb 26th Aaron Buma and I, as part of the Free SQL Training, will be presenting on the use of the MERGE Statement and how to do Recursive Queries. This is intended to help prepare TSQL Developers for the 70-461 certification exam. Here is the basic abstract for the presentation: This will be a free training …

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