Scripting INSERTs
A little procedure to quickly product a script for copying data from one database to another.
2008-12-29
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A little procedure to quickly product a script for copying data from one database to another.
2008-12-29
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At first glance, a client appeared to be violating a cardinal rule of data warehousing. However, Bill Inmon's further investigation revealed that perhaps their actions were acceptable.
2008-12-29
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Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
2008-12-29
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Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
2008-12-29
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Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
2008-12-29
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OPENROWSET is a T-SQL function that allows for reading data from many sources including using the SQL Server’s BULK import capability.
2008-12-29
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Steve Jones gives one last update on energy issues in the US in 2008 with a look at the construction and building industries.
2008-12-28
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Steve Jones gives one last update on energy issues in the US in 2008 with a look at the construction and building industries.
2008-12-28
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Steve Jones gives one last update on energy issues in the US in 2008 with a look at the construction and building industries.
2008-12-28
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Steve Jones is considering changes to SQLServerCentral and presents a few ideas today.
2008-12-27
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By Steve Jones
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By Chris Yates
The New Arena of Leadership The role of the Chief Data Officer is no...
Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, allowing you to easily...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Lessons from the Postmark-MCP Backdoor
Just saw the "Azure Extension for SQL Server" Does anyone has experience with it?...
I've noticed several instances of what looks like a recursive insert with the format:...
I have a table with this data:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 2 2 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 3 3 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 4 4 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 5 5 2025-01-01 2025-01-06I run this code:
SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('TravelLog')I get the value 5 back. Now I do this:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog ON INSERT dbo.TravelLog ( TravelLogID, CityID, StartDate, EndDate ) VALUES (25, 5, '2025-09-12', '2025-09-17') SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog OFFI now run this code.
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog) GO INSERT dbo.TravelLog ( CityID, StartDate, EndDate ) VALUES (4, '2025-10-14', '2025-10-17') GOWhat is the value for TravelLogID for the row I inserted for CityID 4 and dates starting on 14 Oct 2025? See possible answers