CAST to date keeps the calendar day from a typed datetime2 value. The example preserves the original time and contrasts actual removal with a display that merely hides it.
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LEAD Defaults: Missing Rows Differ From NULL Values
LEAD defaults handle a missing following row. Keep that boundary separate from a present row containing NULL and choose replacement policy explicitly.
SQL SERVER – White Papers – Consolidation Guidance for SQL Server – Consolidation Using SQL Server 2008
Two white papers by Allan Hirt: Consolidation Guidance for SQL Server, which compares three consolidation options, and Consolidation Using SQL Server 2008.
SQLAuthority News – Notes from TechDays 2009 at Infosys, Bangalore
My notes from TechDays 2009 at Infosys, Bangalore on Nov 16-17: the largest Microsoft tech event at Infosys, with about 2,500 attendees in person and online.
SQL SERVER – 2008 Star Join Query Optimization
Star Join Query Optimization in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition uses bitmap filtering to speed up data warehouse queries that join fact tables.
SQLAuthority News – Airline Review – Paramount, Kingfisher, Go Air, Indigo, Jet Airways, Indian Airlines, Spicejet
After 36 flights in two months, my airline review of Paramount, Kingfisher, Go Air, Indigo, Jet Airways, Indian Airlines and Spicejet, ranked by preference.
Validate an XML Document in T-SQL With an XSD Schema by Jacob Sebastian
To validate an XML document in SQL Server, store an XSD in a schema collection and type the variable or column with it. Jacob Sebastian’s lesson is kept, and I added tests on SQL Server 2025 that show the error number for each kind of bad document and what DOCUMENT and CONTENT accept.
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