Sep 11, 2009 · IIRC, 1 and * do exactly the same thing in exists because exists doesn't actually return data, it merely verifies the existence of a row matching criteria, so your select is more or less ignored.

Sep 11, 2013 · These are all same in my opinion except your 3rd query ( It will always print an "1" as an output which is not what you want ) You can check the article referenced below for some more …

Aug 13, 2010 · There is a simple logic behind putting where 1=1 while creating the dynamic queries. For ex: for getting user information based on the few conditions like with Firstname or Lastname or both.

Nov 9, 2012 · The row returned from top 1 with no order will change from time to time. The nightmare of a query you posted with dozens and dozens of subqueries all to the same table is reminiscent of an …

Jan 23, 2012 · Paul White All articles available on SQL.kiwi @SQL_Kiwi SSC Guru Points: 323753 January 23, 2012 at 12:03 pm #1437296 i think you can do it inline with a sub select, like this without …

More actions June 23, 2009 at 1:33 am #1013758 SELECT TOP (100) ROW_NUMBER () OVER (ORDER BY Object_id) FROM master.sys.columns Gail Shaw Microsoft Certified Master: SQL …

Oct 12, 2012 · How would I join the tables, but only select the top 1 record from the history table? Contact Accountno Company, Contact, Recid History Accountno, LastUser, LastDate, Recid

Nov 18, 2008 · The field data type is INT. I want to display it always as "01","02","03" format. What is the best way to do it?

Mar 3, 2009 · Is there a way to select all columns except one or two columns? Forum – Learn more on SQLServerCentral

Jun 24, 2008 · Good Morning, everyone: I'm trying to join two tables. However, I only want to return the TOP 1 row from the child table. As a simplified example, consider the following two tables (I've …