UPDATE () returns TRUE regardless of whether an INSERT or UPDATE attempt is successful. To test for an INSERT or UPDATE action for more than one column, specify a separate UPDATE (column) clause ...

In SQL we support non-standard clause called ON CONFLICT / OR. It is not a separate clause which can appear in INSERT/UPDATE statements or as a column option in CREATE TABLE statements. See examples ...

Modifies a column's values in existing rows of a table or view. Restriction: You cannot use UPDATE on a table accessed via an engine that does not support UPDATE processing. You can update one or more ...

As of the November update of Power Query, it’s now possible to write your own SQL query when you’re moving data out of SQL Server into Excel using Power Query. So I got thinking… if you can write your ...

I have a txt file with two fields. I want to update a value in a table in a SQL Server Db with a value from one of the fields in the text file. I want to do this based on a query using the second ...

I'm trying to assign rows in a table to a random variable entirely in Transact SQL (This is MS SQL Server 2000, sp3). I've got it working perfectly except I can't use a variable inside my subquery ...

As in other PROC and DATA steps, you can use only a view descriptor or other SAS data set in an SQL procedure statement, not an access descriptor. You can usually only browse data retrieved using a ...