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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Advanced Querying
Case Statement Tricks
The CASE statement is a very flexible tool. Here are just a few of the tricks you can work with it.
2001-05-15
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Removing Duplicate Rows
Ever have duplicate rows of data returned in a query? This article by Neil Boyle examines different techniques for removing duplicate rows.
2001-05-14
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Generate Test Data Quickly With Cross Joins
Need to rough up some bulk test data in a hurry? A carefully thought-out Cross Join could be the answer.
2001-05-10
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Tame Those Strings! Part 3 - Using REPLACE
The third part of Steve Jones's series on programming and manipulating strings in T-SQL dealing with REPLACE.
2026-02-04 (first published: 2001-04-18)
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Tame Those Strings! Part 4 - Numeric Conversions
The fourth part of Steve Jones's series on programming and manipulating strings in T-SQL dealing with numeric conversions.
2026-02-03 (first published: 2001-04-18)
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers