SQL Server Cross Apply General Form
“The APPLY operator is one of the most powerful tools I know of in T-SQL, and yet it […]
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SQL Server Inline Table-Valued Functions (TVF)
Suppose you need a reusable table expression like a view, but you also need to be able to […]
SQL Server Multi-Join Queries
Multi-Join Queries So far we have just joined two tables together. Now we will work with four tables, […]
SQL Server Subqueries
Subqueries allow you to nest queries. One query operates on the results of another query. Another way to […]
SQL Server Aggregate Window Functions Raptors
This post is another example of aggregate window functions. This time we are going to use some Toronto […]
SQL Server Derived Tables
A derived table closely resembles a subquery. It is a table subquery that is defined in the FROM […]
SQL Server Self-Join
A self-join is a join between multiple instances of the same table. With self-joins it is mandatory to […]
SQL Server Multi-Table Queries
This post serves as a series of links to the different kinds of multi-table queries. The Microsoft Press […]
SQL Server Cross Joins
Cross joins are one of the three fundamental types of joins: cross, inner and outer. There are also […]
SQL Server Correlated Subqueries
Correlated subqueries have references known as correlations to columns in tables from tables in the outer query. They […]
SQL Sever Many-To-Many
Do you have a database that has two tables that have a many-to-many relationship? What do I mean […]
SQL Server Left Joins Simplified
In order to more easily understand left joins we will modify Itzik Ben-Gan’s database from the previous post […]