Arthur Fuller explores the value of identity columns and the usefulness of their arbitrary values and discusses ways to use SQL Server 2000's IDENTITY_INSERT setting. Despite your numerous ...

While temporal data support is something that has existed in the past within other database platforms, it is a newly available feature with the RTM version of SQL Server 2016. In case you haven’t ...

You don't have to give up using dynamic SQL just because you're using Entity Framework. The Entity Framework SqlQuery method will give you back the flexibility of dynamic SQL and still let you work ...

DECLARE @string VARCHAR(MAX) = ''; SELECT @string = CASE WHEN MeaslesDue < '5/16/2013' THEN @string + MeaslesDue END CASE WHEN MumpsDue < '5/16/2013' THEN @string + MumpsDue END CASE WHEN RubellaDue < ...

Modifies a column's values in existing rows of a table or view. Restriction: You cannot use UPDATE on a table accessed via an engine that does not support UPDATE processing. You can update one or more ...