I need to select some data (surprise) from several tables in a linked database which is running SQL Server 2000.<BR><BR>Now the resulting data set will be about 10,000 records taken from ~ 8 ...

# exercise 296.1 - Store the highest contract salary values of all male employees in a temporary # table called male_max_salaries. #exercise 296.2 - Write a query that, upon execution, allows you to ...

Temporary tables are a powerful tool in SQL Server that allow you to store intermediate results, simplify complex queries, and improve performance. They exist only for the duration of your current ...

One reoccurring SQL Server question that I see: Why is my TempDB database so large and what can I go to reduce the size of TempDB? The answer requires some basic understanding of the internals of how ...

Stored procedures can speed up your code by reducing trips to your database -- even if you only have one SQL statement to execute. Here's how to speed up your application (and how to simplify your ...

Well, if you happen to be using Sql Server you can do that sort of thing in T-Sql. In Oracle, you can also accomplish the same thing using pl/sql. Either way i'd do it in a stored ...