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[code="sql"]create table #t1 (id int)create table #t2 (id int)insert into #t1 values (1)insert into #t1 values (2)insert into #t1 values (3)insert into #t2 values (1)insert into #t2 values (2)...
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View ArticleISDATE function not working as expected
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View ArticleCase statement troubles.
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View ArticlePerformance factors of insert
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View ArticlePivot, NestedPivot, unPivot?
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View ArticleDebugging CTEs
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Hello all. I have a strange one that i have never encountered and at this point am totally lost. We have a proc that adds some fields to a few tables of ours and normally there are no issues. For one...
View Articlechange Daily info to Weekly periods in pivot report
hiI create a report base on categories and sales of goods. Now I have Daily Info abaout all Products.But I Need to present this report base on weekly periods. in pivotal format. I family with pivotal...
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After trashing my Visual Studio 2013 Professional installation by installing the stand-alone SQL Server 2014 SSDT package, I downloaded and installed Visual Studio 2015 Professional, noting in the...
View ArticleSSIS Deployment
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