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[SQL] Handle SELECT INTO #TempTable In IF/ELSE Statement

Well, if you happen to be using Sql Server you can do that sort of thing in T-Sql. In Oracle, you can also accomplish the same thing using pl/sql. Either way i'd do it in a stored ...
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SQL basics: SELECT statement options

Learn how to master the SELECT statement to form truly useful data queries. This article explains functions, clauses, and keywords that will make your life a lot easier. Due to popular demand, we’re ...
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SQL Server 2005: Continue statement on error (Resume on Next)

Statement level is the lowest level of granularity to fail or succeed upon. If you have in your example 100 records in table A to update based upon some logic (e.g. from another table, from a custom ...
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How to query multiple tables in SQL

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 ...
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EXECUTE Statement

In some SAS/ACCESS interfaces, you can issue an EXECUTE statement directly without first explicitly connecting to a DBMS (see CONNECT Statement). If you omit the CONNECT statement, an implicit ...