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Temporary tables and table variables in SQL Server

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

I will briefly explain the differences between temporary tables and table variables. Temporary Tables (#) CREATE TABLE #temp (col1 …)CREATE TABLE #temp (col1 …) Table Variables (@) DECLARE @temp TABLE (col1 …)DECLARE @temp TABLE (col1 …) What do the signs… Continue Reading →

SQL Server, T-SQL
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Rows to column header using dynamic T-SQL

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

There may be instances where you need to prepare columns for a SELECT statement or for a SELECT … PIVOT.

SQL Server, T-SQL
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Running total

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

This post will show an example of how to join a table against itself to return a running total.

SQL Server, T-SQL
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Last second of future date

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

The following query is useful when trying to select an inclusive range of records using DATETIME. For this example, we will use GETDATE() which returns the current date & time. You can modify this at any instance in the code… Continue Reading →

Date, SQL Server, T-SQL

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