Sifiso W. Ndlovu

Sifiso W. Ndlovu is a certified Microsoft professional who holds a Master’s degree in IT Management from the University of Johannesburg. He specializes on a range of enterprise and consumer technologies using open source and proprietary software. He is the member of the Johannesburg SQL User Group wherein he has made several presentations on User Group Meetings and SQL Saturday sessions. He has written for a number of publications including SQLShack.com and SQLServerCentral.com.

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One of the benefits of having an MSDN Subscription is that you have free access to some Pluralsight courses.
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2016-09-08

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Master Data Services Insufficient Memory Error

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A business case that requires the usage of Master Data Services finally landed in my desk. As part of delivering...

2016-08-24

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Resolving Windows Folder Access Denied Error

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I previously got rid of my desktop when its motherboard got damaged. Prior to throwing it away, I recovered its...

2016-08-17

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Resolving PolyBase Installation Errors in SQL Server 2016

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One of the exciting new features you may want to explore in SQL Server 2016 is PolyBase. However, as I...

2016-07-15

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Single package deployment does not replace package deployment

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In my article, Single package deployment in SQL Server Integration Services 2016, I covered the exciting single package deployment feature...

2016-06-30

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SQL Server Exercise for Data Warehouse Candidates

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Part of the process when looking for candidates to bring into a data warehouse team is to ensure that you hire...

2016-05-30 (first published: 2016-05-20)

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How to Trim Characters in C#

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The removing of leading and trailing characters in c# is made possible by the System namespace.
My demo is uses a windows...

2016-04-18

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Multiple Tagging of TFS Work Items Using Excel

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In my article, TFS tools for managing SQL Server development, I covered several Team Foundation Server (TFS) client tools that can...

2016-03-30

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Duplicate MySQL Table Using phpMyAdmin

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There many reasons for creating copies of existing relational database tables. Sometimes you create duplicate tables for the purposes of...

2015-11-14

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Where’s my Team Explorer 2015?

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Team Explorer is a client software that can be used to integrate Visual Studio with an instance of Team Foundation...

2015-11-03

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My 2024 in Data: Health and Workouts

This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...

My 2024 in Data: Reading

This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...

Book Review – Agile Data Warehouse Design

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I recently read the book Agile Data Warehouse Design – Collaborative Dimensional Modeling, from...

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Function Defaults

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Function Defaults

I have created this function in SQL Server 2022:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.AddInt (@one INT, @two INT = 1) RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
    RETURN @one + @two
END

How can I call this and invoke the default value for @two?

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