Here's some quick tips on optimizing your SELECT statements when implementing conditions in your WHERE clause based on optional parameter values. read more...
Another common area of difficulty or confusion for SQL beginners is how to efficiently retrieve data just for a single month. What is the best way to declare parameters that will be used to indicate which month you are looking for, and how can we efficiently and easily make use of those parameters to get back the data we need? read more...
When you need to summarize transactional data by Month, there are several ways to do it, some better than others. What to ultimately choose depends on your needs, but remember: Keep it short and simple in T-SQL, and always do all of your formatting at your presentation layer where it belongs. read more...