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 ...

One of the interesting new features in SQL Server 2008 is Change Data Capture. I wrote about Change Tracking in a previous blog entry. That will track the what, when and who but will not tell you ...

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 ...