Simplify SQL Server 2005 queries with a Dates table
Posted April 15th, 2008 by Andrew PopoffWhat is a Dates table?
A Dates table stores a range of dates. Dates tables are very common in a DateWarehouse as a dimension table. You can also use Dates tables in OLTP databases for lookups. When programmers use Dates tables, they don’t have to worry about using or designing functions for handling or formatting dates in the database. It is a precompilation of a wide range of date values and their associated month, quarter, year, etc.
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