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Yes; Microsoft themselves recommend using over != specifically for ANSI compliance, e.g. in Microsoft Press training kit for 70-461 exam, "Querying Microsoft SQL Server", they say "As an example of when to choose the ...
Sep 18, 2008 · Is it possible to use an IF clause within a WHERE clause in MS SQL? Example: WHERE IF IsNumeric(@OrderNumber) = 1 OrderNumber = @OrderNumber ELSE OrderNumber LIKE '%' + @
Sep 15, 2008 · 2059 The CASE statement is the closest to IF in SQL and is supported on all versions of SQL Server.
Sep 23, 2012 · 353 The SQL WITH clause was introduced by Oracle in the Oracle 9i release 2 database. The SQL WITH clause allows you to give a sub-query block a name (a process also called sub-query refactoring), which...
Is it possible to combine LIKE and IN in a SQL Server-Query? So, that this query
Dec 12, 2009 · How do I select only the first 10 results of a query? I would like to display only the first 10 results from the following query: SELECT a.names, COUNT(b.post_title) AS num FROM
SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM master.sys.procedures as procs left join master.sys.parameters as params on procs.object_id = params.object_id This seems totally correct, but I keep getting the following error: Msg 102, Level ...
May 3, 2012 · What is the best way to remove all spaces from a string in SQL Server 2008? LTRIM(RTRIM(' a b ')) would remove all spaces at the right and left of the string, but I also need to remove the space ...
I'm looking for an efficient way to convert rows to columns in SQL Server, I heard that PIVOT is not very fast, and I need to deal with lot of records. This is my example: Id Value ColumnName 1 John
The Microsoft book for SQL course says "You should use two-part names to refer to tables in SQL Server databases, such as Sales.Customer" so they don't ask to surround namespace with square bracket but if I remember c...
