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Simple function for comparing software versions

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

Traditional arithmetic would tell you that 5.1 = 5.10. However, arithmetic can’t compare software versions such as 5.1 to 5.10, since 5.10 is the ‘newer’ version. The function below receives two version numbers and returns which of the two is… Continue Reading →

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Calculate percent change between 2 rows in SQL Server using CTE

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Norbert Krupa

A common table expression (CTE) is used in this example to create a temporary result set with a sequential number that allows us to do the arithmetic required to calculate percent change.

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