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
There may be instances where you need to prepare columns for a SELECT statement or for a SELECT … PIVOT.
This post will show an example of how to join a table against itself to return a running total.
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