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Common Table Expressions

Common Table Expressions Common Table Expressions are a feature of the SQL language that has grown on me over time. They are mandatory for some forms of query recursion, at least in SQL Server. However, I don’t have a lot of need for recursive queries. I find I use them most often for simplifying complicated queries. If you ever do […]

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JavaScript Wrap Up

SSWUGtv With Stephen Wynkoop In this episode watch this informative interview with Devin Knight – SQL Server 2012 BI Guru. Steve and Devin talk about the concept of Self-Service Business Intelligence – including the Microsoft approach to self help in the form of a new product, PowerView. Watch the Show JavaScript Wrap Up Today we wrap up the topic of […]

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DBMS_XPLAN.DISPLAY_CURSOR

(Nikolay Savvinov) In this post, I continue on the topic of examining SQL plans. I will talk about one DBMS_XPLAN function, DISPLAY_CURSOR (because it’s probably the most useful one when troubleshooting ongoing performance issues, and also because other functions have a lot of similiarity to it). I

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Sqlplus Dashboard For RAC

(Jagjeet Singh) I have been passionate to work with CLI due to flexibility, lightweight and easy access. Long back, I had an idea to write a sqlplus script to provide a dashboard kind of utility but could never figure out the auto refresh functionality until unless Tanel & Adrian provided moats.