Data is stored in heterogenous environments in many organizations. Enterprise reporting for management and other departments is created using a variety of tools. There are Excel Workbooks, SSRS Reports, Tableau Dashboards, flat files, data streams from MySQL databases, etc. Each data extract or report is created by a BI or DB Development Team member. Often […]
2020-07-07
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How to reset an identity field to the next contiguous value, after deletions.
2012-12-03
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When using format files to import data into SQL Server, the Integer(INT) data type needs special handling.
2012-02-16
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2009-12-09
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Replacement script for usp_ShrinkDBLogs, updates for SQL 2008 deprecating the WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY method.
2009-11-27 (first published: 2009-10-30)
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Preparation for upgrading SQL Server 2005 production database servers to SQL Server 2008, I tested upgrade in dev/test env.
2009-11-17
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When creating XML messages for Service Broker or other applications use this simple method to build a validation XSD.
2009-10-28 (first published: 2009-10-06)
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Ammends the sp_who2 procedure with the input buffer contents, ususally the SQL statement for that SPID
2009-04-24 (first published: 2009-03-27)
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2008-11-20 (first published: 2008-10-06)
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This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
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What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers