Adam Machanic, Boston-based independent database consultant, writer, and speaker, shares his experiences with programming, performance tuning, and optimizing SQL Server 2000, 2005, and 2008, in conjunction with related technologies such as .NET.
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Relative comparison is a simple matter of human nature. From early childhood we compare and contrast what we see in the world around us, building a means by which to rate what we experience. And as it turns out, this desire to discover top and bottom, Read More...
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A couple of days ago, Aaron Bertrand posted about a method for calculating medians in SQL Server 2005 using the ROW_NUMBER function in conjunction with the COUNT aggregate. This method (credited to Itzik Ben-Gan) is interesting, but I discovered an even Read More...
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Scalar. Function. Wow. Could any other combination of words evoke the same feeling of encapsulation, information hiding, and simplification of client code? After years spent developing software in the procedural and OO worlds, it can be difficult--perhaps, Read More...
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Originally posted here . I keep seeing questions on newsgroups about paging in stored procedures, and whether there will be a better way in SQL Server 2005. However, aside from a few answers in newsgroups, I haven't seen any content on how to do it. So Read More...
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