This month has been very interesting month for SQLAuthority.com we had multiple and various puzzles which everybody participated and lots of interesting conversation which we have shared. Let us start in latest puzzles and continue going down. There are few answers also posted on as well.
This puzzle involves NULL and throws an error. The challenge is to resolve the error. There are multiple ways to resolve this error. Readers has contributed various methods. Few of them even have supplied the answer why this error is showing up. NULL are very important part of the database and if one of the column has NULL the result can be totally different than the one expected.
I modified script provided by friend to find greatest number between two number. My script has small bug in it. However, lots of readers have suggested better scripts. has written blog post on the subject over .
This quiz is hosted on my friend ‘s site. I have written many hints how one can tune cubes. Now one can take part and win exciting prizes.
has asked very interesting question on about How to Generate Zero without using Any Numbers in T-SQL. He has demonstrated various methods how one can generate Zero. I asked the same question on blog and got many interesting answers which I have shared.
I have to accept that this was most difficult puzzle. In this puzzle I have asked even though settings are correct, why statistics of the tables are not getting updated. In this puzzle one is tested with various concepts 1) Indexes, 2) Statistics, 3) database settings etc. There are multiple ways of solving this puzzles. It was interesting as many took interest but only few got it right.
This is rather straight forward question and not the typical puzzle. The answers from readers are great however, still there is chance of more detailed answers.
I wrote on selecting domains from email addresses. makes puzzle out of a simple question. He wrote a follow-up post over . In his post he writes various way how one can find email addresses from list of domains.
Well, this is not a puzzle but amazing Guest Post by Feodor Georgiev who has written on subject An article which everyone should read.
Reference: Pinal Dave ()