Inline Variable Initialization in SQL Server 2008

Variable initialization in previous versions of SQL Server was always at least two lines of code. With inline variable initialization in SQL Server 2008 you can now initialize a variables value on the same line in which you declare the variable. This video shows you how this new feature works.

Plamen Ratchev has over two decades experience in the software architecture and development field. He has enjoyed building solutions for UNIX, DOS and Windows platforms, with main focus on SQL Server since version 4.21. Plamen is founder of Tangra, specializing in relational database applications analysis, implementation, and tuning. His particular interest is in design patterns, performance a...

Philip Hickey on 5/29/2009

This topic didn't deserve it's own video clip.

Terrance on 5/29/2009

Very good video on inline variable initialization.

Ed Svastits on 6/4/2009

good examples

Steve Harris on 6/9/2009

clear and concise

Eric on 7/30/2010

Great video, thank you. I am benefitting greatly from these SQL 2008 new features videos. However, this video could have been much shorter if the author had the SQL statements typed out already. In this video, the viewer spends a long time watching the author type out T-SQL statements.