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Writing a Stored Procedure
by Nathan Pond
Language: SQL

This article is geared for beginners wanting to learn stored procedures. No prior experience on stored procedures is required, however a basic understanding of SQL Query Language might be needed.

SQL In Simple English - Part 1
by Kiran Pai
Language: SQL

I have found that many articles found on the net are good and detailed but they are not really friendly to novice programmers. In my article the topic is presented as a Q&A session. Most of the questions are the ones that most novices would like to ask. This approach is excellent and readers who aren not familiar with the technology. Since this article is totally language neutral, programmers using any language and who want to do database programming will find it useful.

SQL In Simple English - Part II
by Kiran Pai
Language: SQL

This is the second article in this series. If you liked the first one, you will definitely like this one too. This article mainly deals with SQL Joins and SQL subqueries. Both of these are extremely useful SQL constructs and should be learnt by all beginners.

A Data Warehouse Tutorial
by VISUAL-BASIC.NET
Language: SQL

A tutorial that explains data warehousing concepts. Concepts include data warehouse, data mart, benefits of data warehousing, OLAP, OLTP, dimensions, fact tables, measures, aggregations, cubes, PivotTable® Service, offline OLAP cubes, virtual cubes, MOLAP cubes, ROLAP cubes, HOLAP cubes. Attached is this article in Micrsoft® Word™ format. Submitted by Pareto Analyst (www.paretoanalysts.com)

SQL reference guide v.1.02
by Dcasso
Language: SQL

This is a little piece of paper which I made for the classes which I teach in VB, and this reference guide has been made for use with ACCESS-databases but should work with SQL SERVER. It is a reference guide to SQL with the most used commands, elements and more. It includes: General SQL-structures, Simple operations, Joins, Functions, Aggregation, Insert, delete or update rows, Insert, delete or change tables, Unions, and Sub queries. It's in PDF to make sure that it will o ... (see entry for full description)

Multiple VALUES insert
by Fernando Pires
Language: SQL

Use this little trick to INSERT MULTIPLE row values instead of using multiple INSERT statements to improve performance and typing.

Introduction to PL/SQL (Series 3) Cursors
by David Nishimoto
Language: SQL

PL/SQL introduces a new dimension of power programming capability for the developer. The goal of reusable code measurely improves quality verse vast amounts of non-reusable SQL. PL/SQL packages describe function and procedure specification and body. The specification describes the package interface to the calling application. The package specification approach is part of good design. The package specification exposes procedures and their parameter properties to external applications ... (see entry for full description)

Quick Column Find
by Rob Waibel
Language: SQL

Quickly find all tables/views that have a specific column name

Access 2000: Controlling Report Data
by David Nishimoto
Language: SQL

It is often the case a developer will need to create an Access 2000 reports application capable of data selection. For example, all transactions for a member. The data is input as parameters with in a form and passed to the report as query criteria. This is the simplest method to control report output resulting from user selected data criteria.

Introduction to PL/SQL (series2)
by David Nishimoto
Language: SQL

Welcome back to Introduction to PL/SQL I'll be describing Select, Insert, Update, and Delete; all the CRUID about data manipulation.

pl/sql mega tutorial
by somdutt ganguly
Language: SQL

This is a great 50 pages notes/tutorials on pl/sql blocks, exception handling, procedures, functions, triggers, packages....u will learn all about advance procedure languages in oracle...There are about 50 programs....nice article i believe....plz do vote for my hard work...

VFK. A View for Table Relationships; FOREIGN KEY and REFERENCED Table/Column names and its relations
by Raghavendra Narayana
Language: SQL

Screwed up with the Table relationships??? Here is a Database View to see the relationships of tables. It is easy to identify the foreign/referenced table/column names and its relationships using this view.

User Defined Function Intro
by Lewis E. Moten III
Language: SQL

Brief introduction to user defined functions with examples and benefits explained.

Join the results of a stored procedure in T-SQL : A Clean Sample
by Harinatha Reddy Gorla
Language: SQL

There may be several instances where you have to join the results of a stored procedure with another query. Here's how to do it

FormatDate
by Lewis E. Moten III
Language: SQL

Dynamically convert a date to a user-defined format.

Finally a LIMIT clause for MS SQL
by _CodeJack_
Language: SQL

This query gives you the same ability as a LIMIT clause does in MySQL and Oracle for MS SQL Server without the headaches of stored procedures or temp tables.

Stored Procedures - send anonymous email over smtp
by Pange
Language: SQL

This SP sends an email over SMTP with SQL Server 2000! It need's enough rights and "CDO for Windows 2000"!

UNION statements in MySQL 3.x
by Michael Bailey
Language: SQL

Everyone who uses MySQL realizes eventually that while being a very powerful SQL server, a number of options are missing. One of these is the UNION statement. Here's how to do it in MySQL 3.x

Quick Table Row Counts
by Rob Waibel
Language: SQL

Just run it from Query Analyzer and choose a DB. No modification is needed. It saves a great deal of time in getting counts in an entire DB.

Introduction to SQL with MS-Access
by TheVBPro
Language: SQL

This is a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to SQL, using a modified version of the "Northwind Traders" MS-Access database. Covered are basic and advanced SELECT statements, JOINs, UNIONs, INSERTs, UPDATEs, DELETEs, as well as DDL statements such as CREATE TABLE, ALTER TABLE, constraints, and more.

 



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SQL-ORACLE 10g
by Debayan Kundu
8/11/2010 9:11:40 AM

Language: SQL

To Clear Screen in Oracle 10g Terminal

Reverse of String
by Dinesh Mishra
7/30/2010 3:49:12 AM

Language: SQL

The 'Reverse' function reverses the string for you.

First and Last Date of Week (Shorter Code)
by Hong Thang
5/20/2010 3:52:43 AM

Language: SQL

Get First and Last Date of Week

Oracle D2k - Reports 6i
by Dinesh Kumar S
2/18/2010 11:27:44 AM

Language: SQL

Begineers Oracle Reports 6i Tutorial.

An application of Benford's Law using SQL
by Justin Beerley
10/20/2009 9:05:33 PM

Language: SQL

Benford's Law maintains several purposes, one of which is forensic accounting. Condsider the fact that people who make up figures tend to distribute their digits fairly uniformly, a simple comparison of first-digit frequency distribution from the data with the expected distribution according to Benford's law ought to show up any anomalous results. Hence, one could use it as an indicator of fraud relating to accounting and expenses. The example I've submitted is a general overview to accomplish t ... (see entry for full description)

Oracle iSetup - Demo_2
by Dinesh Kumar S
1/28/2009 2:06:25 PM

Language: SQL

ORACLE 11i ISETUP DEMO 2 This demo Covers Component of oracle iSetup: 1. iSetup Migrator 2. iSetup Reporter For theoritical reference refer oracle 11i Documentation iSetup user guide.

Oracle iSetup - Demo_1
by Dinesh Kumar S
1/28/2009 2:01:30 PM

Language: SQL

ORACLE 11i ISETUP DEMO This demo Covers Component of oracle iSetup: 1. iSetup Migrator 2. iSetup Reporter For theoritical reference refer oracle 11i Documentation iSetup user guide.

UNIX Shell Script - by Dinesh Kumar
by Dinesh Kumar S
1/5/2009 5:54:49 PM

Language: SQL

A Basic UNIX SHELL SCRIPT tutorial for freshers & Beginners. All the concepts are explained with Simple Example with explanations & Screen shots. Hope This will be useful.

Installing MSSQL Together With Software Application
by brandon teoh
10/27/2008 6:23:17 AM

Language: SQL

You want to install MSSQL and your software application together in the same installer without having to run through separate installers (in a Windows environment). You intended to run the installation from a CD where users only have to click once.

First and Last Date of Week
by SikanderMandal
8/22/2008 4:40:32 AM

Language: SQL

I had problem in finding Week First and Last Date, but after 15 mins. I am able to get it wright. Please read this code and do vote for me.