I have a table that logs a record containing a userid, a fileid and a date, one record inserted every time that file is downloaded.<BR><BR>I want to get the top 10 downloads by count for a given date ...

Everyone wants faster database queries, and both SQL developers and DBAs can turn to many time-tested methods to achieve that goal. Unfortunately, no single method is foolproof or ironclad. But even ...

A common SQL habit is to use SELECT * on a query, because it’s tedious to list all the columns you need. Plus, sometimes those columns may change over time, so why not just do things the easy way? But ...