Programming

static_cast vs dynamic_cast: undefined behavior

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Do not use static_cast when you cast from a basic class to a derived one. This may lead to undefined behavior. To handle the polymorphism, a virtual inheritance or a multiple inheritance case always use dynamic_cast instead.

The following short example shows the undefined behavior cases. This works with GCC, VC and online C++ shells:

SQL Server: temporary tables and constraint names

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Local temporary tables are isolated in the scope of current session regardless its name. It means that #temp_table in the session 1 is not the same that #temp_table in the session 2. However, the names of constraints are stored in the metadata of tempdb and can produce duplicate name errors.

SQL: generate random character string

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Collection of methods to generate random string in a single SQL statement

M1: Recursive string concatenation

On SQL Server the method is limited by 100 characters because of CTE recursion level limitation. The method has the performance issues when using in loops/joins because the table always have 100 rows generated every time.

Types of joins in SQL (cheatsheet for beginners)

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This article is used in my book "Programming with databases".

Better to see once than to hear a hundred times. This small article explains what are the different kinds of joins in SQL.

At the first time you should take into account that SQL is a declarative 4th generation language. So the best way to use it (especially for beginners) is to write the query and let SQL optimizer do its job. That means thinking in set-oriented terms and avoiding sub-queries.

Let's take two example tables: Companies and Contacts.

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