SqlServerCentral Announces New Guest Columnist
We've got a new guest columnist! Click here to find out a little bit about Mindy Curnutt, then read her first article for SqlServerCentral.com.
2001-08-01
2,265 reads
Articles
Using Stored Procedures for SQL Server DML
Designing your application so that Stored Procedures are the only database objects that are accessed is generally the best practice. Agree? Disagree? Read this article by guest columnist Mindy Curnutt to see what she thinks!
2001-08-01
12,692 reads
2001-07-30
3,287 reads
SQL Server 6.5 Data Page Structure
This article presents the technical details of the page layout for data in SQL Server 6.5
2001-07-30
2,729 reads
Using Cursor Metadata to Dynamically Generate HTML Tables
The following stored procedure will demonstrate the use of cursor metadata. Using cursor metadata we can get information about an SQL statement and use that information to dynamically generate other code such as HTML or other stored procedures.
2001-07-27
5,203 reads
SQL Server 2000: .NET and the Death and Re-Birth o
In this month's article I will cover an aspect of SQL Server that always generates a great deal of, well, shall we say "discussion"—triggers. Love them or hate them, SQL Server 2000 will change they way you think about triggers and will probably alter the way you design your applications. Specifically, this month I will dive into cascading referential integrity (RI) and the new INSTEAD OF and AFTER trigger concepts in SQL Server 2000.
2001-07-27
1,538 reads
The DBA Dot Com Bust
The downturn in the economy has left quite a few technical people out of work. This ongoing article describes the experiences over the past two years of Steve Jones. Reader experiences are requested and the article will be updated weekly.
2001-07-26
6,882 reads
2001-07-24
7,754 reads
SQL Server 2000 Operations Guide
Are you responsible for keeping your organization's database systems up and running? Are you the one they call in the middle of the night if the database server is down? If so, the SQL Server 2000 Operations Guide is for you.
2001-07-24
933 reads
Review: SQL Server 2000 Database Design
Is this a book you should read? Spend a few minutes reading the review to find out!
2001-07-23
4,554 reads
Blogs
Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle
By Steve Jones
The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...
A New Word: Mornden
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mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
This Black Week, don't just get a discount—get ahead! Whether you're a total newbie...
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Dipping my toes into the waters of Azure and of course before I get...
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers