Troubleshooting problems with joins in SQL Server 2017 If you have problems with joins in SQL Server 2017, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. You may receive an incorrect result when you run a query that uses a parallel execution plan with Merge Semi join. This is SQL Server 2017 bug. To work around this problem, you...
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Troubleshooting problems with joins in SQL Server 2016
Troubleshooting problems with joins in SQL Server 2016 If you have problems with joins in SQL Server 2016, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2016 service pack. Because many join bugs were fixed in SQL Server 2016 service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service pack. At the time this...
Fabricating Data Sets
Fabricating Data Sets You often need to fabricate a data set when it comes to creating a report showing daily results for each day in a certain range, regardless of whether there was an activity on a particular day or not. That being said, you need to build a query that will produce a row for each day within a...
Using Non-Equi Joins
Using Non-Equi Joins Non-equi joins are those ones where the join condition uses an inequality comparison. This can be useful when defining self joins – ones defined on the same table. Suppose you have a table whose rows contain information about football teams. You need to make up a schedule for a series of games where each team is to...
Querying Relational Data With XQuery
Querying Relational Data With XQuery By Yuli Vasiliev This article illustrates how you might query relational data with Oracle XQuery. It also shows how you might join relational data with XML in a single SQL query, thus demonstrating the Oracle Database’s ability to work with and combine together different format data. In the following example, you query the DEPARTMENTS and...
Reporting on Sparse Date Data
Reporting on Sparse Date Data By Yuli Vasiliev You may need to generate a row per hour within a certain day or generate a row per day within a certain date range. Often you need a report showing every date/time position within the entire range, regardless of whether there was an activity on a particular day or hour, or not....
Joining Relational Data and XML Data In a SQL Query
Joining Relational Data and XML Data In a SQL Query In this article, you’ll look at how you might merge external XML data into an Oracle database and then join that XML data with relational data stored inside the database within a single SQL query. To follow the article sample, you’ll first need to create an XML document to be...
Troubleshooting problems with joins in SQL Server 2008 R2
Troubleshooting problems with joins in SQL Server 2008 R2 If you have problems with joins in SQL Server 2008 R2, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2008 R2 join bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server...