A common SQL habit is to use SELECT * on a query, because it’s tedious to list all the columns you need. Plus, sometimes those columns may change over time, so why not just do things the easy way? But ...

This is likely the simplest thing. I have an SMS report that lists all the software registered in a group of systems Add/Remove Programs list. I would like to modify the SQL SELECT statement that is ...

In a SQL select statement how do I get it to only display a record once, regardless of how many times it is found.<BR><BR>I have a table with system names. In a lot of cases the system name is listed ...

SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and querying ...

Assuring optimal performance of database applications starts with coding properly formulated SQL. Poorly written SQL and application code is the cause of most performance problems. As much as 75% of ...

Do you want to find out how to avoid duplicates in the results of a SQL SELECT query? This article will show you how. Simply use the DISTINCT clause and between the SELECT clause and the fields.

This section describes how to retrieve DBMS data by using the statements and components of the SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility to access DBMS data. The Pass-Through Facility uses the SAS/ACCESS ...