vardecimal, added in SQL Server 2005 SP2, saves space for zero and null values. It is deprecated in SQL Server 2008, where Row Compression covers more datatypes.
SQLAuthority News – Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for SQL Server – MVP
I am very glad to share that Microsoft has given me the Most Valuable Professional Award for SQL Server. Thank you to MVP Lead Abhishek and all my readers.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Nth Highest Record from Database Table – Using Ranking Function ROW_NUMBER
Nicholas Paldino shared a neat way to find the Nth Highest Record from a table in SQL Server 2005 using the ranking function ROW_NUMBER. Here is his query.