My coding standards complete list for SQL Server, cut to what people follow: naming, formatting, and the rules that prevent real bugs.
SQL SERVER – Guidelines and Coding Standards Part 1
Guidelines and Coding Standards Part 1: Pascal naming for tables, and naming patterns for stored procedures, triggers, indexes and keys.
Recursive CTE Cycles: Detect Loops and Depth Boundaries
Recursive CTE cycles need evidence of the repeated relationship. Use a visited path and separate cycle flags from deliberate depth boundaries.
SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers Part 4
SQL Server 2008 Interview Questions and Answers Part 4: which command shows the version of SQL server and operating system, what SQL Server Agent is, and more.
SQL SERVER – 2008 – Interview Questions and Answers Part 3
SQL Server 2008 Interview Questions and Answers Part 3: which TCP/IP port SQL Server uses, and the difference between a clustered and non-clustered index.
SQL SERVER – Interview Questions and Answers – Part 2
This is the second part of the blog post series Interview Questions and Answers.Click here to get free chapters (PDF) in the mailbox
SQL SERVER – 2008 Interview Questions and Answers – Part 1
Part 1 of my SQL Server 2008 interview questions and answers covers general questions like what is RDBMS and the properties of relational tables.







