Conditionally Order By Different Column

Order records based on a different column depending on which absolute value is greater.

TRY_PARSE

Introducing the PARSE function, brought to us in SQL Server 2012.

T-SQL to compress (shorten) IPv6 address

Didn't find anything, so hope this will help someone with similar need.

Note I did a similar set-based version, and unless the input is more towards non-zeros in all eight 2-byte fields, the set-based performs not as well

Index on a computed column

Displaying Hierarchical Data

Producing hierarchies from SQL tables can necessitate joining a table to itself. This article will explain how you can do this.

Count the Number of Weekend Days between Two Dates

Handling weekends can be tricky in SQL. This article shows you how to Count the Number of Weekend Days between Two Dates

Aggregate Data for the Last Day of the Month

On some occasions you will need to aggregate Data for the Last Day of the Month. This article explains how.

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Using a CTE as a Tally Table

Sometimes you need to output blank lines
- in effect displaying Records for Missing Data. This article explains how to use a CTE to do this

Using a Derived Table to Compare Data with Values from a Previous Year

Comparing year on year sales is a fundamental requirement in much commercial analysis - here you learn how to do this in SQL