I need to select some data (surprise) from several tables in a linked database which is running SQL Server 2000.Now the resulting data set will be about 10,000 records taken from ~ 8 tables.I can ...

By using the nomenclature #localtable or ##globaltable SQL Server knows to create a table in TempDB. If you use a local temp table, it is only available for your current session.

Stored procedures can speed up your code by reducing trips to your database -- even if you only have one SQL statement to execute. Here's how to speed up your application (and how to simplify your ...

In SQL Server these queries will run in roughly the same time. In MySQL it's about 4 seconds vs. about 1.5 minutes. I believe MySQL is creating a temporary table with the entire contents of the ...