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 WHERE p.
Yes; Microsoft themselves recommend using <> over != specifically for ANSI compliance, e.g. in Microsoft Press training kit for 70-461 exam, "Querying Microsoft SQL Server", they say "As an example of when to choose the standard form, T-SQL supports two “not equal to” operators: <> and !=. The former is standard and the latter is not.
The @CustID means it's a parameter that you will supply a value for later in your code. This is the best way of protecting against SQL injection. Create your query using parameters, rather than concatenating strings and variables. The database engine puts the parameter value into where the placeholder is, and there is zero chance for SQL injection.
All previous version of SQL Server Express were available in both web and full downloads. But I cannot find full download of SQL Server® 2016 Express. Does it exist? Asked the same question on MSDN
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 '%' + @
On SQL server 2005 I am trying to query this select statement SELECT AlarmEventTransactionTableTable.TxnID, CASE AlarmEventTransactions.DeviceID WHEN DeviceID IN( '7 ...
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 ) But the WHERE..IN clause allows only 1 column. How can I compare 2 or more columns with another inner SELECT?