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BANGALORE, INDIA: In SQL Server 2008, you can perform insert, update, or delete operations in a single statement using the MERGE statement. MERGE statement allows you to join a data source with a ...

That’s where CDC comes in. Both CDC and the MERGE statement are primarily for the Data Warehouse environment in terms of simplifying the incremental load process from an operational database. But I am ...

SQL Server 2008 provided us with some new T-SQL syntax; one of those that I am most excited about is the new MERGE statement. Gone are the days of IF...THEN logic to decide whether a row needs to be ...

SQL Server 2008 has a ton of new DBA features, but if you really want to make this thing go, just crank out a little code. SQL Server 2008 is mostly in the domain of system and database administrators ...