Sorts data returned by a query in [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion]. Use this clause to: Order the result set of a query by the specified column list and, optionally, limit the rows returned to a specified range ...

Read this SQL tutorial to learn when to use SELECT, JOIN, subselects and UNION to access multiple tables with a single statement. It’s sometimes difficult to know which SQL syntax to use when ...

Small ASCII only SQL parser for the SELECT statements intended to be used in query builders. The statement is decomposed into sections and placeholders are collected for each section. Only unnamed ...

My post earlier this year on enabling query folding when using SQL queries as a data source in Power Query provoked a lot of interest. This post adds one more useful detail: how to preserve the ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Query Store is one of the most powerful database-scoped features in SQL Server for troubleshooting performance and improving the stability of your database ...