The lost art of break and continue


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BREAK and CONTINUE are two forms of loop control, which I have seen under-used lately.  I think it is time…

Anti-Collision Work Queue Retrieval: an approach using GUIDs


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I recently wrote a high-volume, fast paced application which supports many threads reaching into a work queue (SQL table) and…

Triggers in SQL Server: how often are they called


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Our dba and I had a short discussion on triggers, because I could not locate an answer to this question:…