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Question of the Day |
Today's question (by Sergiy): | |
How Many Distinct Records | |
You have a table containing non-unique records:
CREATE TABLE #QOD ( Number int NOT NULL, String varchar(50) NOT NULL ) INSERT INTO #QOD (Number, String) SELECT 10, 'abcdefg' union all select 20, 'abcdefg' union all select 20, 'abcdefg'How many records are returned by each of the following queries? --Query1 select distinct NEWID(), Number, String FROM #QOD; --Query2 select NEWID(), Number, String FROM #QOD GROUP BY Number, String; | |
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Yesterday's Question of the Day (by Steve Jones - SSC Editor) |
How Many Rows Remain? I have written this code. DECLARE @founders TABLE (foundername VARCHAR(50)); BEGIN TRAN; INSERT @founders VALUES ('Andy'); INSERT @founders VALUES ('Brian'); INSERT @founders VALUES ('Steve'); ROLLBACK; SELECT * FROM @founders AS f; How many rows are returned from the SELECT? Answer: 3 Explanation: There are 3 rows returned. Table variables are not part of the transaction space. This is one good technique for use with logging applications, as you can capture information about a transaction and access it in a CATCH or outside of a rollback. I haven't written a question like this in a long time, but was amused seeing it from Brent Ozar on Twitter and the range of responses. Ref:
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