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SQL Matters is a resource for SQL Server Developers, Architects, DBAs and others interested in SQL Server and related technologies . Our site contains a wide range of articles, tips, blogs, quiz questions and other information about the SQL Server range of products. This includes Integration Services (SSIS), Reporting Services (SSRS), Analysis Services (SSAS) and some other products that we feel might be of interest to the SQL Server community such as PowerPivot and Report Builder.

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Featured Tip

Dropping a temporary table

A temporary table will get automatically dropped at the end of the session that created it. Often this means that you won’t need to worry about dropping temporary tables, however there are occasions where you might want to explicitly drop the table.

Featured Script

Creating a comma separated list of all columns in a table

This SQL script creates a comma separated list of all columns in a table. This can be useful for creating SQL INSERT and SELECT statements etc.

Quick Quiz : DATALENGTH results

What is the result of the following SQL query ?
DECLARE @MyStr NVARCHAR (100)
SET @MyStr = 'ABC'
SELECT DATALENGTH(@MyStr)
Choose one : a) 3    b) 6    c) 50    d) 100