2019-10-28
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Advanced SQL
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)
Many people have published high performance, read-less, Inline Table Valued functions that use Itzik Ben-Gan's wonderful "Virtual Numbers Table" to replace WHILE loops and other forms of RBAR. This one is Jeff Moden's version.
2019-08-13 (first published: 2019-08-04)
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Stairway to Advanced T-SQL Level 3: Understanding Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
A CTE is a temporary result set defined by a simple query, and is used within the execution scope of a single INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, or SELECT statement. In this article we will explore how to define and use CTE's.
2015-03-18
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Create a Tally or Numbers Table
This creates a Tally or Numbers table which is frequently used to replace loops in code and is much faster than most loops.
2011-11-28 (first published: 2008-03-07)
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