In an interesting exercise in data conversion, Stephen Lasham brings us a nice article on basic manipulations.
2008-04-25 (first published: 2007-05-17)
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Truth tables are an important part of working with logical values in SQL Server. Yousef Ekhtiari brings us some T-SQL that can help you construct those many variable truth tables and ensure you are getting the results you expect.
2008-03-07 (first published: 2007-04-19)
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Part I of this series illustrated how to use simple case functions in queries. This installment discusses how to use case functions in different types of scenarios.
2008-04-04 (first published: 2007-04-12)
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An IP address is something we all recognize and is a piece of data that is quite prevalent in many systems. However it is a piece of
data tha presents some challenges in its storage and retrieval. SQL Server guru David Poole presents us with a look at how you can
work with this strange formatting.
2008-02-19 (first published: 2007-04-02)
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Dealing with NULL data is something that often confuses new SQL Server developers, but even experienced DBAs might not understand all the intricacies of NULL operations. In a follow up to his highly acclaimed Four Rules of Null article, Michael Coles brings us a few new
tricks with NULLs.
2008-01-25 (first published: 2007-02-26)
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