\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Tigersi (renegrin)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (forgotten-t-sql-cheat-sheet.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Tigersi (renegrin)) /Subject (Forgotten T-SQL Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A3A3A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F3F3F3} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Forgotten T-SQL Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Tigersi (renegrin)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/23975/cs/6298/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Tigersi (renegrin) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/renegrin} \\ \uline{\seqsplit{tigersi}.com} \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 29th January, 2016.\\ Updated 21st March, 2017.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Logical Processing Order of SELECT}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{1. {\bf{FROM}} table\{\{nl\}\} 2. {\bf{ON}} join condition\{\{nl\}\} 3. {\bf{JOIN}} table\{\{nl\}\} 4. {\bf{WHERE}} clauses\{\{nl\}\} 5. {\bf{GROUP BY}} columns \{\{nl\}\}6. {\bf{WITH CUBE / WITH ROLLUP}}\{\{nl\}\} 7. {\bf{HAVING}} condition\{\{nl\}\} 8. {\bf{SELECT}} columns\{\{nl\}\} 9. {\bf{DISTINCT}}\{\{nl\}\} 10.{\bf{ORDER BY}} columns\{\{nl\}\} 11.{\bf{TOP \%}} or number} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The steps above show the logical processing order, or binding order, for a SELECT statement. This order determines when the objects defined in one step are made available to the clauses in subsequent steps.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{CTEs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{; {\bf{WITH}} cteName ( columnList )\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{AS}} ( {\bf{SELECT}} statement )\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{SELECT}} columns\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{FROM}} cteName\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{INNER}} JOIN table {\bf{ON}} condition \{\{nl\}\}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Below, is a list of those statements and/or clauses that cannot be used in ANY CTE. \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\} COMPUTE or COMPUTE BY \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\} ORDER BY (except when a TOP clause is specified) \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\} INTO \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\} OPTION clause with query hints \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\} FOR XML \newline \{\{fa-check\}\} FOR BROWSE} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Recusrsive CTEs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{; {\bf{WITH}} cteName ( columnList )\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{AS}} ( {\emph{-{}- Anchor statement:}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~{\bf{SELECT}} columns {\bf{FROM}} table…\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~{\bf{UNION ALL}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~{\emph{-{}- Recursion statement:}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~{\bf{SELECT}} columns {\bf{FROM}} table…\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~{\bf{INNER JOIN}} cteName {\bf{ON}} …\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~)\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{SELECT}} columns\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{FROM}} cteName \{\{nl\}\}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 12) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Here are the statements and/or clauses that cannot be used in a recursive CTE: \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\}SELECT DISTINCT \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\}GROUP BY \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\}HAVING \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\}Scalar aggregation (meaning you can't use min or max) \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\}TOP \newline \{\{fa-angle-right\}\}LEFT, RIGHT, OUTER JOIN (INNER JOIN is allowed)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{OVER and PARTITION BY}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{ /* Aggregate functions include COUNT, MIN, \{\{nl\}\}MAX, AVG, ROW\_COUNT(), etc. */}}\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{SELECT}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~agg\_func(col1) OVER(),\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~agg\_func(col1)\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~OVER(PARTITION BY col2),\{\{nl\}\} columns\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{FROM}} table… \{\{nl\}\}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{OVER allows you to get aggregate information without using a GROUP BY. In other words, you can retrieve detail rows, and get aggregate data alongside it.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Using PARTITION BY the result set is broken into into partitions.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{XML Trick: List of Details}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{/* Table2 holds detail rows for Table1; e.g., order details to order headers. */}}\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{SELECT}} columns,\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~ colname = STUFF(\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~( SELECT ','\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~+ Name\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~{\bf{FROM}} Table2\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~{\bf{WHERE}} Table1.ID = Table2.ID\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~{\bf{ORDER BY Name}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~~~~~{\bf{FOR XML PATH('')}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~{\bf{), 1, 1, '')}}\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{FROM}} ~~~Table2\{\{nl\}\}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 14) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{EXCEPT/INTERSECT}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{SELECT}} col1, col2 {\bf{FROM}} Table1\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{EXCEPT}}\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{SELECT}} col3, col4 {\bf{FROM}} Table2\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{SELECT}} col1, col2 {\bf{FROM}} Table1\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{INTERSECT}}\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{SELECT}} col3, col4 {\bf{FROM}} Table2\{\{nl\}\}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{fa-leaf\}\}\{\{link="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/67545/"\}\}INTERSECT, EXCEPT and UNION\{\{/link\}\}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{MERGE}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{DECLARE @Changes}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~{\bf{TABLE(Change VARCHAR(20))}}\{\{nl\}\} ;~~{\bf{MERGE INTO}} DestTable\{\{nl\}\} ~~{\bf{USING}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~{\bf{( SELECT}} from sourceTable\{\{nl\}\} ~~{\bf{) AS Source}} ( columnList )\{\{nl\}\} ~~{\bf{ON}} DestTable.ID = Source.ID\{\{nl\}\} \{\{nl\}\} ~~{\bf{WHEN MATCHED THEN}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~Action on destination\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~{\emph{-{}- E.g., UPDATE SET col1 = 1}} \{\{nl\}\} ~~~~{\bf{WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET|SOURCE}}\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~ Action on destination\{\{nl\}\} ~~~~{\emph{-{}- E.g., INSERT (col1) VALUES(1)}} \{\{nl\}\} ~~{\bf{OUTPUT \$action INTO @Changes}}\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{SELECT * FROM @Changes}}\{\{nl\}\}} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 15) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{fa-leaf\}\}\{\{link="http://michaeljswart.com/2012/05/t-sql-merge-statement-syntax-generator/"\}\}MERGE Statement Generator\{\{/link\}\} \newline \{\{fa-leaf\}\}\{\{link="https://github.com/readyroll/generate-sql-merge"\}\}Generate SQL MERGE statements with Table data\{\{/link\}\}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}