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SQL Server – TABLESAMPLE, retrieving random data from SQL Server

TABLESAMPLE allows you to limit the number of rows from a table in the FROM clause. The rows retrieved are random and they are are…

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STRING_SPLIT – New function in SQL Server 2016

As part of SQL Server 2016 enhancements, a new built-in table-valued function STRING_SPLIT() is introduced.  This is one of the many enhancements introduced in SQL…

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CREATE OR ALTER – New enhancement in SQL Server 2016 SP1

An interesting new enhancement was introduced in SQL Server 2016 SP1. As part of this release, a new T-SQL statement, CREATE OR ALTER was introduced…

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SQL Server – Logical Query Processing phases

Have you ever wondered about the order in which SQL Server query engine executes a SQL query? Most programming languages follow the fundamental of processing…

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