The OUTPUT Clause for INSERT and DELETE Statements
In this article, I will provide a set of examples to show case the use of OUTPUT clause for INSERT and DELETE statements.
2025-11-25 (first published: 2017-05-25)
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Amarendra Reddy Thummeti
- Interests: SQL Server, Databases , BI tools
Obsoleting Unused SSRS Reports
Learn about programmatically obsoleting unused SSRS reports from your Report Server.
2020-01-10 (first published: 2017-04-26)
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The OUTPUT Clause for the MERGE Statements
In this article, I will provide a set of examples to showcase the use of OUTPUT clause within the MERGE statement and how to capture the OUTPUT clause results into an archive table.
2019-03-08 (first published: 2017-06-08)
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The OUTPUT Clause for UPDATE Statements
In this article, I will provide a set of examples to showcase the use of OUTPUT clause in capturing the results of the updated rows into a table variable for the UPDATE statements.
2017-06-06
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UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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