In this article, Andy Warren presents his views on why obtaining certification is not a good idea. Read this one and the one by Steve Jones that supports certification - which has the more compelling argument
2001-11-04
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In this product review Andy takes a look at Data Compare, the second of three products in the SQL Bundle available from Red-Gate software. It's a very handy program that lets you compare data between two tables and optionally generate sql statements to syncronize the data. An interesting alternative to replication!
2001-10-31
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Early in September Andy posted an article that explained how to use DMO to reattach a lot of MDF's in a hurry AND challenged our readers to accomplish the same task in T-SQL. Today we announce the winning solution!
2001-10-02
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Copies mdf files located in a directory on a client and attaches them to the connected server. This is the winning solution to the contest that was presented in an article posted at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/awarren/reattachingdatabases-somecodeandacontest!.asp. That article shows how to do the same thing using DMO. Wynn Muse is the author of this stored procedure.
2001-09-23
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Identity columns are last years news. Have you experimented with uniqueindentifiers - better known to programmers as GUID's? Guaranteed to be unique in the world, they offer a powerful alternative to identity columns.
2001-09-17
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Attaching and detaching databases isn't rocket science, but if you have a lot of databases to attach it's pretty boring. Andy has written some VB code that uses SQL-DMO to speed up the process. But DMO isn't the only way - can you write a TSQL script to do the same thing? Fame and fortune await!
2001-09-04
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The SQLParser object - mostly undocumented - gives you an easy way to convert a TSQL string into a colorized RTF string. Andy started with that and wrote some code to change it to HTML. Useful? Never know! Code and demo program included with the article.
2001-08-31
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Sometimes as hard as you look you just can't find the answer or idea you're looking for - that's when a good discussion forum comes in handy! Read this article for some tips and tricks on using our discussion forums successfully. Then when you have time, browse our current discussions and see if they work.
2001-08-07
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Read this article to learn how to use recursion to simply the task of creating multiple levels of folders on disk. Perfect for creating a folder hierarchy for holding backup files!
2001-08-03
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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
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