Quickly Enabling and Disabling Constraints and Triggers
In some cases, you may have to be able to quickly disable all the constraints and triggers in a database. This article shows you how to do this with a few lines of T-SQL.
2001-05-24
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Simplifying Instead Of Triggers
Instead of triggers are a new feature in SQL Server 2000 which greatly extend the functionality of triggers. This article covers a basic introduction to Instead of Triggers and illustrates possibilities for their use.
2001-05-24
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2001-05-23
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Using FileSystemObject with DTS
This article will show you how to use the FileSystemObject to determine the existence of a file inside DTS.
2001-05-23
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SP_MSForeachtable - Life Without Cursors.
Is there such a thing as a task where you would not need a cursor? Hidden in the depths of the master database are a series of stored procedures that can replace some cursors with these one-liners.
2001-05-22
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Standing Back And Looking At Benchmark Results
What do the TPC-C benchmarks mean to the average DBA? In this article, Neil Boyle steps back and looks at them from a practical view.
2001-05-22
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Using DMO to Execute a Job
Using DMO to execute a job is a powerful technique that is easy to apply. This article by Andy Warren has all the code you need to do it!
2001-05-22
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Piping a Query to a Text File
The case where one has to send the results of a query to a text file comes up quite often. This quick tip will show you how to output the results of a query to a text file.
2001-05-21
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Prove Your Case and Win a Buck!
Your database design should be impervious to this documented behavior of the ADO delete method. Be one of the first five members to give a compelling reason why not, and take a dollar from starving columnist Sean Burke.
2001-05-21
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Quick Tip: Taking a Database Offline
An interesting database option which is hidden from Enterprise Manager in SQL Server 7.0 is offline.
2001-05-21
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