How to write non-JOIN WHERE clauses
Based on my previous post describing the differences between ANSI-89 and ANSI-92+ join syntaxes and recommendations, I had a follow-up question in a comment which
Based on my previous post describing the differences between ANSI-89 and ANSI-92+ join syntaxes and recommendations, I had a follow-up question in a comment which
I had a request from a reader that I’ll answer today about when to do joins in the ON clause and when to do them
I don’t know about you, but groupby is one of my favorite operators. There are a TON of interesting optimizations that a QP considers when
So I was playing today with the sparse column implementation in the latest SQL 2008 CTP, and I was specifically looking to see how this
So now that I have the latest CTP working again on my main machine, it’s far less troublesome to go research things and post what
Well, I was able to get things to finally install using the information from my previous post and using a named instance (different from the
You may recall my previous posts on my trouble with SQL 2008 CTP6. I’ve made some progress on fixing my machine that I thought I’d
Well, I spun the wheel of database topics I have here in my room, and today I think I’ll talk about updates and views…. specifically
So while I hope that I’ve demonstrated that I can say some interesting things about database engine design and implementation, I also want to post
So as you proceed up the river into the jungle, searching for answers about how the query optimizer works, I’ll ask you one question: Did
I’ve been mostly working with a very kind soul from the SQL Server Installer Dev Team trying to fix my box. So far my luck
After fighting off a cold all week, I’ve had some more time to go play with CTP6 on my secondary machine. Today we’ll do some
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