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Sorting triggered by data type

Using Recursion and Date Tables to Simplify Date Logic

Learn to simplify date logic using date tables and recursion in T-SQL with this article from David Beardsley.

Complex joins

3 SQL Join Concepts to Help You Choose the Right Join

What do SQL joins and the "teach a man to fish" Chinese proverb have in common? SQL joins, like regular expressions, are one of those commonplace programming tasks in which true success is entirely dependent upon your ability to conceptualize the outcome. Fail to do so and you'll likely wind up spending a few hours in a frustrating round of trial and error. Like regular expressions, the proliferation of online examples has actually contributed to the frustration, providing the equivalent of a day's worth of fish rather than the proverbial fishing pool.

Variant Order 2

Variant order 1

Insert Into problems

MERGE with ANSI

SQL Server Functions: The Basics

SQL Server's functions are a valuable addition to T-SQL when used wisely. Jeremiah Peshcka provides a complete and comprehensive guide to scalar functions and table-valued functions, and shows how and where they are best used.