I am trying to learn how to use transactions and error handling. Got stuck with custom error messages. The stored procedure generates badges for AdventureWorks
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I have a SQL script with a function (function drops at the end of the script) and temporary table definitions and variables to process the data that gives me on
I need to get a comma separated list with quotes and I'm almost at that point but I get a list with commas but a leading space at the start bu
I am doing an outer join between two market data tables. The two tables have trading volume reported differently, therefor I need to query them separately and t
I am attempting to do a subquery which should work but I am missing something in the syntex. I am trying: select * from (select * from (select *, row_number
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What SUM(IIF([CONDITION], 1, 0)) does is very simple. So simple, that what I really just want to write is COUNT([CONDITION]) (but that's invalid). Is there a sh
My goal is to create a stored procedure that generates new GUIDs using NEWSEQUENTIALID that can then be used when inserting data into a different table in the s
I have a table with hierarchical data: This is a sample of data with id, parent id, name, code (which is sometimes not filled), level and isroot column. In r
I'm working on my databases class final project, which consists of making an application that can access and do operations in a database. My t
I have two physical tables: notTempBaseLine with 50k records (index on Version, SrcDimension2_) notTempTrans with 400k records (index on BaseLineVersion, Dimens
I'm looking for a way to speed up the following process: I have a SSIS package that loads data from Excel files on a weekly basis to SQL Server. There are 3 fi
Consider a table where rows may be linked to each other. We need to select the rows that meet a certain requirement, OR where its linked row meets that requirem
I have an INSERT trigger on a view created with VIEW_METADATA. There's the following snippet: if @has_folder is null set @has_folder=(select REPLACE(REPLAC
I have a question to the TRUNCATE command. How does TRUNCATE work in background ? I read a text that says TRUNCATE creates a copy from the table and then star
I am counting 7-day active users using T-SQL. I used the following code: SELECT *, COUNT(DISTINCT [UserID]) OVER ( PARTITION BY [HospitalID],
CREATE PROCEDURE SPCheckDirectoryExists ( @chkdirectory as nvarchar(4000) ) AS SET NOCOUNT ON BEGIN DECLARE @folder_exists as int DECLA
I am using SQL Server 2008. I would like to give users possibility to copy files. Is it possible without using XP_CMDSHELL procedure? Cause i should not change
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