This is getting too far off topic; let me sum up by saying that duplicate rows in SQL irk me, and I feel that their possibility compromises the integrity of data stored in SQL databases. For what it's ...

Do you want to find out how to avoid duplicates in the results of a SQL SELECT query? This article will show you how. Simply use the DISTINCT clause and between the SELECT clause and the fields.

Twice in the past couple of months I’ve gotten tripped up by the same data issue when using LINQ to Entities in the .NET framework. I create a simple view in my database which performs some ...

I have 0 legal middle names. There was a unique ID for a 'person' in the database. This was not a SS# or other number as one person may have tried to claim multiple SS# in the past. The same went for ...