Tag Archives: sql statements
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CREATE SCHEMA can do what?!?!?
4May 15, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
So I was studying for the 70-451 and ended up reading the BOL entry for CREATE SCHEMA. I honestly can’t …
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GO
6May 6, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Did you know that the GO command isn’t really part of T-SQL? It’s what’s called a batch separator. And in …
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INFORMATION_SCHEMA the un-sung system views
13April 29, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I spend a reasonable amount of time looking through various forums, answering some questions and reading the answers to others. …
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How do I tell the stored procedure name from inside the stored procedure?
1April 24, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve occasionally had the problem of trying to put “smart” logging messages into a process. You know the ones, you’re …
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Calculating the length of a string (Len vs DataLength)
3April 14, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
This one is basic but still something that can catch you unawares if you aren’t careful. Most DBAs and developers …
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How do I use a variable in an IN clause?
16April 8, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I see this question in one form or another a lot. I’ve seen this or something like it probably half …
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UNPIVOT a table using CROSS APPLY
23April 1, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I generally spend part of each day looking through http://www.stackoverflow.com, http://dba.stackexchange.com or http://www.sqlservercentral.com. I read through questions that have already …
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The STUFF function
17March 14, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
While I was at the 2011 Pass Summit I was given the following piece of code to create a comma …
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Insert multiple values sets into a table in one command
8February 28, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
The INSERT command has two distinct ways to load data into a table. And Both of these are very handy …
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