sql - NOT IN vs NOT EXISTS - Stack Overflow
Which of these queries is the faster? NOT EXISTS: SELECT ProductID, ProductName FROM Northwind..Products p WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM Northwind..[Order Details] …
How do I perform an IF...THEN in an SQL SELECT?
Sep 15, 2008 · The CASE statement is the closest to IF in SQL and is supported on all versions of SQL Server.
SQL: IF clause within WHERE clause - Stack Overflow
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 …
sql - Copy data into another table - Stack Overflow
How to copy/append data from one table into another table with same schema in SQL Server? Edit: let's say there is a query select * into table1 from table2 where 1=1 which creates table1 …
SQL to find the number of distinct values in a column
SQL to find the number of distinct values in a column Asked 17 years, 2 months ago Modified 2 years, 7 months ago Viewed 826k times
Retrieve the maximum length of a VARCHAR column in SQL Server
Many times you want to identify the row that has that column with the longest length, especially if you are troubleshooting to find out why the length of a column on a row in a table is so much …
sql - Efficiently convert rows to columns - Stack Overflow
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 …
Remove all spaces from a string in SQL Server - Stack Overflow
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 …
sql - Concatenate text from multiple rows into a single text string ...
Consider a database table holding names, with three rows: Peter Paul Mary Is there an easy way to turn this into a single string of Peter, Paul, Mary?
SQL SELECT WHERE field contains words - Stack Overflow
Jan 12, 2013 · SQL SELECT WHERE field contains words Asked 12 years, 11 months ago Modified 7 months ago Viewed 4.9m times