Which of these queries is the faster? NOT EXISTS: SELECT ProductID, ProductName FROM Northwind..Products p WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM Northwind..[Order Details] od …

Sep 15, 2008 · 2059 The CASE statement is the closest to IF in SQL and is supported on all versions of SQL Server.

Sep 18, 2008 · Is it possible to use an IF clause within a WHERE clause in MS SQL? Example: WHERE IF IsNumeric(@OrderNumber) = 1 OrderNumber = @OrderNumber ELSE OrderNumber LIKE '%' + @

May 3, 2012 · What is the best way to remove all spaces from a string in SQL Server 2008? LTRIM(RTRIM(' a b ')) would remove all spaces at the right and left of the string, but I also need to …

Dec 12, 2009 · How do I select only the first 10 results of a query? I would like to display only the first 10 results from the following query: SELECT a.names, COUNT(b.post_title) AS num FROM

10 To delete the duplicate rows from the table in SQL Server, you follow these steps: Find duplicate rows using GROUP BY clause or ROW_NUMBER () function. Use DELETE statement to remove the …

Feb 8, 2010 · In SQL Server, what is the difference between a @ table, a # table and a ## table?

SELECT TOP 1000 * FROM master.sys.procedures as procs left join master.sys.parameters as params on procs.object_id = params.object_id This seems totally correct, but I keep getting the following …

SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE (CM_PLAN_ID, Individual_ID) IN ( SELECT CM_PLAN_ID, Individual_ID FROM CRM_VCM_CURRENT_LEAD_STATUS WHERE Lead_Key = :_Lead_Key ) …

This was an example, but the point is as Eric said in How can I do an UPDATE statement with JOIN in SQL Server?. You need to add an UPDATE statement at first with the full address of all tables to join …