A common SQL habit is to use SELECT * on a query ... a massive operation is to use an inline CASE statement in the query to set the column value, during the insert operation itself.

Thanks to the technology behind ChatGPT, it’s become surprisingly simple to query a data set in plain English. As with most generative AI, results from OpenAI’s API are still imperfect, which ...

Read this SQL tutorial to learn when to use SELECT ... Subqueries, or subselect statements, are a way to use a result set as a resource in another query to limit or refine results.

Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements. The statements use a SQL string varchar data type, then you execute the ...

Microsoft changed the baseline set of assumptions it used to make those guesses in SQL Server 2014. While this proved problematic for a very small subset of queries, it helped the vast majority of ...

So much of modern programming is about string manipulation. Whether it’s parsing XML content, building HTML for the browser or trying to understand what the user just typed into that text entry field, ...

Comparing cursor vs. WHILE loop performance in SQL Server 2008 Your email has been sent Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option ...