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PIVOT & UNPIVOT Operators in SQL Server 2008

April 19th, 2010 | Category: SQL server

PIVOT is a new T-SQL operator introduced in SQL Server 2008 which can be used to rotate rows into columns and can create a crosstab query. You can specify the PIVOT operator in FROM clause of your query.

Using PIVOT

Specify the desired values that you want to see in SELECT statement and FROM clause contains the PIVOT statement. Let us take an example

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Date & Time Data Types in SQL Server 2008

April 17th, 2010 | Category: SQL server

The four new data types for storing dates and times in SQL Server 2008 are

  • Date
  • Time
  • DateTime2
  • DateTimeoffset

This post discuss about new date time data types and new date time related functions introduced in SQL Server 2008.

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T-SQL TIP in SQL Server 2008

April 11th, 2010 | Category: SQL server, Tips & Solutions

You love this if you write a lot of T-SQL code. This tip I can say as  T-SQL language syntax enhancement. The following are the enhancements in T-SQL

  1. Now We can declare and initialize the variables with single statement.

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Introducing DotnetSizzler.com

April 06th, 2010 | Category: ASP.NET

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Dear Readers,

I have come up with a new BLOG DotnetSizzler that serves as a center that offers my services and is a platform for discussion and sharing of Tips & Tricks, Design Principles, Best practices, updates and techniques pertaining to Microsoft Technologies.

Major Stress will be on code snippets on .NET Technologies. I am to share the projects that I have lead and wish to continue as a freelance programmer.

I promise you to keep both my BLOGS DotnetSizzler and Techbubbles interesting, up to date and informative. I thank you for your support and hope you will  continue the same.  

Be sure to check the DotnetSizzler and feel free to add your comments, suggestions and questions.  


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MERGE Statement in SQL Server 2008

April 03rd, 2010 | Category: SQL server

There has been significant T-SQL improvements in SQL Server 2008. This post explores the most notable changes in T-SQL introduced in SQL Server 2008.

The MERGE Statement

As name says, It combines Insert,Update, and Delete operations along with the Select operation which provides the source and target data for merge. In earlier versions, We need to write separate multiple statements to achieve the same.

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