Orlando IT Pro Camp
The Orlando IT Pro Camp marks our third event after Tampa and South Florida. As with the prior IT Pro...
2012-01-10
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Blog Posts
PowerView: Coordinating Chart Colors
During a recent customer engagement I was asked if it was possible to ensure that the colors in a Line...
2012-01-10
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Server Name and SQL Server Name
I have, in the past had the need to rename a server, either because the server has been named incorrectly...
2012-01-10
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SQL Server – Identifying default data directory for multiple instances through registry
This is a follow up post from a comment on my blog.
Earlier I posted about using xp_instance_regread to get default...
2012-01-10 (first published: 2012-01-05)
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SQL Server – Maintaining different environments
A busy Database Server and application development environment can have – Sandbox, Dev, Test, QA, Staging, Production .
Maintaining multiple environments requires...
2012-01-10
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TSQL Tuesday #026 – Second Chances
Welcome to the first TSQL Tuesday of 2012! This month’s soiree is being hosted by Dave Howard (blog | twitter) and...
2012-01-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #26 - Second Chances - Correlate Missing Index with Related Query
Everybody deserves a second chance in love, life, and in TSQL as well! Now that it's the beginning of a New...
2012-01-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #26 – Second Changes with Date/Time
I missed the very first T-SQL Tuesday, so when this month’s topic of second chances came up, I decided to...
2012-01-10
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TSQL Tuesday #26 or #23 – Identity Crisis
The first opportunity of this New Year to participate in TSQLTuesday, we have been invited by David Howard (blog) to...
2012-01-10
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TSQL Tuesday #26 or #23 – Identity Crisis
This second chance, gives me the opportunity to finally talk about a topic that has been on my to-blog list for quite some time. I hope this post will...
2012-01-10
Blogs
Free webinar – Tackling the Gaps and Islands Problem with T-SQL Window Functions
I’m hosting a free webinar at MSSQLTips.com at the 19th of December 2024, 6PM...
Counting Groups with Window Functions: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I looked at row_number() in a previous post. Now I want to build on...
The query processor ran out of internal resources and could not produce a query plan – When You’ve Managed to Confuse SQL With a Crazy IN Clause.
Recently I received a cry for help over Teams. The issue was that an...
Forums
Visual Studio 22 / SSIS Project / (Project) Connection problem
Hello, First of all, I find it odd/annoying that I can't exclude a Project...
How to determine if a DB is currently being used
Hi - I'm looking for advice regarding the best & quickest way to establish...
Data cleansing/conversion tool HPE
Hello. I am looking for a tool Data cleansing/conversion, was recommended HPE any...
Question of the Day
The LAGging NULL
I have this data in a SQL Server 2022 table:
player yearid team HR Alex Rodriguez 2012 NYY 18 Alex Rodriguez 2013 NYY 7 Alex Rodriguez 2014 NYY NULL Alex Rodriguez 2015 NYY 12 Alex Rodriguez 2016 NYY 9If I run this code, what are the results returned in the hrgrowth column?
SELECT player , yearid , hr , hr - LAG (hr, 1, 0) IGNORE NULLS OVER (ORDER BY yearid) AS hrgrowth FROM dbo.playerstats;See possible answers