Comments on: SQLAuthority News – Book Review – Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/08/19/sqlauthority-news-book-review-sams-teach-yourself-microsoft-sql-server-t-sql-in-10-minutes/ Personal Notes of Pinal Dave Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Matthew Dubin http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/08/19/sqlauthority-news-book-review-sams-teach-yourself-microsoft-sql-server-t-sql-in-10-minutes/#comment-34762 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:07:01 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/08/19/sqlauthority-news-book-review-sams-teach-yourself-microsoft-sql-server-t-sql-in-10-minutes/#comment-34762 The DATENAME syntax on page 84 is wrong and yields incorrect results (a weekday of 5 should yield Thursday, not Saturday).

The correct syntax is:
DATENAME(weekday, order_date) as Weekday

]]> By: SQL SERVER - Three Rules to Use UNION Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/08/19/sqlauthority-news-book-review-sams-teach-yourself-microsoft-sql-server-t-sql-in-10-minutes/#comment-15313 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:14:37 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/08/19/sqlauthority-news-book-review-sams-teach-yourself-microsoft-sql-server-t-sql-in-10-minutes/#comment-15313 [...] I have previously written two articles on UNION and they are quite popular. I was reading SQL book Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes By Ben Forta and I came across three rules of UNION and I felt like mentioning them [...]

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