THE ABSENTMINDED DBA'S CHEAT SHEET CTES

Intermediate TSQL, by MidnightDBA.com WITH DirectReports ( ManagerID, DeptID )

AS ( SELECT e.ManagerID ,
edh.DepartmentID
SIMPLE CASE FROM HumanResources.Employee AS e
CASE input_expression INNER JOIN
WHEN when_expression THEN HumanResources.EmployeeDepartmentHist
result_expression ory AS edh
-- ... ON e.EmployeeID = edh.EmployeeID
ELSE else_result_expression AND edh.EndDate IS NULL
END WHERE ManagerID IS NULL
)
SELECT ManagerID , DeptID
SEARCHED CASE FROM DirectReports
INNER JOIN HumanResources.Department AS dp
CASE ON DirectReports.DeptID = dp.DepartmentID
WHEN Boolean_expression THEN WHERE dp.GroupName = N'Research and
result_expression
Development'
-- ...
ELSE else_result_expression
END CURSOR
DECLARE @myID INT, @myName NVARCHAR(50)
DECLARE myCursor CURSOR FOR
DROP IF EXISTS SELECT myID, [NAME] FROM myTable
USE DBName; OPEN myCursor
GO
IF OBJECT_ID (N'dbo.ISOweek', N'FN') IS NOT NULL FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @myID,
DROP FUNCTION dbo.ISOweek; @myName
GO WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- do stuff with @myID, @myName
UPDATE...FROM FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @myID,
@myName
UPDATE Table1
END
SET Table1.col1 = Table1.col1 + T2.col1
CLOSE myCursor
FROM Table1 AS T2
DEALLOCATE myCursor

CREATE FUNCTION
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fName (@DATE datetime)
RETURNS int
AS
BEGIN
RETURN 100
END;