Daily Archives: Oct 13, 2016

In this video, we are going to learn;

1. How and when to use Apply operator in SQL Server, and
2. How to compare rows on a given logic

You can download the script used in this example from below the video.

/******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Start using the SetBasedApproach database
******************************************************************************************************************************************************/
--Start using the existing database SetBasedApproach which has been already created in this series
USE SetBasedApproach
GO

/******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Create required objects
******************************************************************************************************************************************************/
--Drop the EmployeeMaster table if it exists already in the database
IF(OBJECT_ID('dbo.EmployeeMaster') IS NOT NULL)
DROP TABLE dbo.EmployeeMaster

--Create Employee master table
CREATE TABLE dbo.EmployeeMaster
(
EmpID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
EmpName NVARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
)

--Drop the project master table if it exists already in the database
IF(OBJECT_ID('dbo.ProjectMaster') IS NOT NULL)
DROP TABLE dbo.ProjectMaster

--Create project master table
CREATE TABLE dbo.ProjectMaster
(
ProjectID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
ProjectName VARCHAR(255)
)

--Drop the EmployeeProjectDetail table if it exists already