Assign granular server roles in SQL Server 2022, inspect membership, and give monitoring accounts the state access their queries need.
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SQL SERVER – How to Access the Previous Row and Next Row value in SELECT statement? – Part 2
No CTE in your SQL Server 2005 code? Here is another way to get the previous row and next row value in a SELECT statement, using ROW_NUMBER.
SQL SERVER – How to Access the Previous Row and Next Row value in SELECT statement?
How do you access the previous row and next row value in a SELECT statement? In SQL Server 2012 the LEAD and LAG analytic functions make it simple.
UPDATE() in a Trigger Is True Even When Nothing Changed
Understand why UPDATE() in a trigger fires for unchanged SET values and log only real changes with inserted and deleted row comparisons.
Developer – Best Practices for Daily Stand-Up or Daily Scrum – Rules and Regulations
Scrum is an Agile Software Development framework that helps teams complete projects efficiently while maintaining high quality.
Turning Key-Value Pairs Into Columns for Reporting
Turn key-value pairs into reporting columns with conditional aggregation and PIVOT, handle missing values and conversions.
Set Operator Rules: Column Names, Types and ORDER BY With UNION
Why did my UNION change its headers, fail on a word, or sort wrong? Small examples show each rule and the error it produces.
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