Viacheslav Maliutin


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Should I Type * or 1 With the EXISTS Logical Operator

In my project I see that people writes different things with EXISTS logical operator (EXISTS (SELECT StarOrOne FROM...)). They are "*", "1" and even "TOP 1 1" or "TOP 1 *". The aim of this article to give a good explanation which option is the best.

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2020-01-24 (first published: )

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