Category: SQL Server

Julia P. from the Learning Tree Transact-SQL Programming course writes “I’ve tried to use the OPENROWSET function to query Excel files, but I keep getting the same error. No matter what I try, SQL Server responds with “OLE DB provider “Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0” for linked server “(null)” returned message “Could not find installable ISAM.”.” Hi, Julia. Unfortunately,lots […]

Armelle G, a student in Learning Tree’s SQL Server Transact-SQL Programming course asks “Is CROSS APPLY only used with T-SQL Functions?” Great question Armelle! Many SQL Server folks would answer “yes” but the fact is that CROSS APPLY can also be used with subqueries. CROSS APPLY allows you to create the equivalent of correlated derived tables in […]

Jamal K, from Developing High-Performance SQL Server® Databases inquires… “A colleague at work said the MONEY datatype in SQL Server is bad and shouldn’t be used. Are there good reasons behind this or is it just hearsay?” Excellent question, Jamal. Before dealing with the question itself let’s consider some historical background. There’s nothing that can […]

A look at STDEV, STDEVP, VAR and VARP- Amy M., from Developing SQL Queries for SQL Server, writes… “I know there are two functions for standard deviation and for variance in Transact-SQL, but I can never remember when to use which.” You are so right, Amy. It is hard to know when to use STDEV […]

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