Enforcing your data's integrity is probably the single most important issue you face when designing a database. Validating user input is one way of keeping bad data from making its way into your analyses and reports.
2008-06-04
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When Nigel Rivett takes us on a tour of the apparently innocuous subject of Identity Columns in TSQL, even the seasoned programmer is due for one or two surprises.
2008-06-04
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Reduce your recovery time and minimize the chance for error by resolving all logins in one script.
2008-06-03
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Many BI vendors now offer modules that let you deliver just about any report to smart phones, but as a major retailer, a health care provider and a major government agency have discovered, practical, tactical wins are the key to mobile success.
2008-06-03
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Steve Jones takes another attempt at comparing software development to another profession. Today's target: doctors.
2008-06-03
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Steve Jones takes another attempt at comparing software development to another profession. Today's target: doctors.
2008-06-03
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Steve Jones takes another attempt at comparing software development to another profession. Today's target: doctors.
2008-06-03
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Move SQL Server storage to storage area networks (SANs) with network redundancy and storage multipathing tips. Learn about iSCSI databases and SQL failover.
2008-06-03
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Continuing on with his very popular series on monitoring your servers, David Bird takes a look at how you manage checking on multiple servers.
2008-06-02
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Using the default SQL Server READ COMMITTED isolation level, my application sometimes falls victim to the dreaded "lost update" condition where two of my users edit the same row for update but the user who submits his/her change last overwrites changes made by the other user. Is there a good way to check for this and prevent it?
2008-06-02
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By Steve Jones
In a previous post, I deployed a model to a database using SQL Compare...
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Reality (And Limits) of Instant File Initialization for Transaction Logs in SQL Server 2022 ...
By Steve Jones
Last week I spent a few days in Cambridge, UK for the Redgate Company...
I have a table with partition on create_timestamp field. Though we're storing all data...
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I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) , [Country2] [char] (3), [stateprovince2] [char] (2), [Country] [char] (3), [stateprovince] [char] ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to drop the stateprovince2 and country2 columns. What code should I use? See possible answers