Temporary Tables and Stored Procedures

How to Identify backup tables within production databases

How to identify backup tables within production databases that can be removed.

Temporary tables and Table variables storage

Self-maintaining, Contiguous Effective Dates in Temporal Tables

'Temporal' tables contain facts that are valid for a period of time. When they are used for financial information they have to be very well constrained to prevent errors getting in and causing incorrect reporting. This makes them more difficult to maintain. Is it possible to have both the stringent constraints and simple CRUD operations? Well, yes. Dwain Camps patiently explains the whole process.

Temporary Tables and Statistics in Stored Procedures

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Temporary Tables in SQL Server

Temporary tables are used by every DB developer, but they're not likely to be too adventurous with their use, or exploit all their advantages. They can improve your code's performance and maintainability, but can be the source of grief to both developer and DBA if things go wrong and a process grinds away inexorably slowly. We asked Phil Factor for advice, thinking that it would be a simple explanation.

Comparing Table Variables with Temporary Tables

This articles brings a comparison of temporary tables with table variables from SQL Server author, Wayne Sheffield. In includes an in-depth look at the differences between them.

SQL Server Table Types

Understanding the types of tables available in SQL Server can greatly enhance your database development experience.