Counter Table (table of numbers) Setter-Upper for SQL Server 2000

Sets up 3 'table of numbers' that completely fill a 1, 2, and 3-level clustered index respectivly with 620, 384400, and 238328000 numbers.

Count

Just For Fun: An Impossible Delete

How can you delete only some duplicates? Without Identity's, Temp tables, Cursors, loops or ROW_NUMBER()? Would you believe, go back to the 70's?

Power

TOP and TABLESAMPLE

Deterministic Functions

Finding and Listing ALL Procedures, Functions, and Views in SQL Server 2005

James Rea brings us another great article that shows you how to keep on top of the code that's stored in each of your databases.

Distinct with Aggregate Function

Sample of combination the Distinct clause with Aggregate Function

Owning the Spelling Suggestion Feature

To create your own spelling suggestion feature, you need a look-up with correct spellings and misspellings. I walk you through it.

T-SQL Function to Determine Holidays in SQL Server

While working on a project recently I was asked to develop a mechanism that would provide the dates for state and federal holidays in a given year. Since this project deals with all states and territories of the United States, the list had to be comprehensive and the client asked that this list be in the form of a SQL query calculated on-the-fly, rather than a static list.