Missing Date Ranges- the Sequel
Alex Kozak returns with another Date puzzle. A question from a Simple-Talk reader gives Alex the inspiration to see if is possible to list unused date ranges in one Select statement.
2008-07-03
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Alex Kozak returns with another Date puzzle. A question from a Simple-Talk reader gives Alex the inspiration to see if is possible to list unused date ranges in one Select statement.
2008-07-03
3,048 reads
Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?
2008-07-03
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Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?
2008-07-03
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Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?
2008-07-03
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Many times people come across the Coalesce function and think that it is just a more powerful form of ISNULL. In actuality, I have found it to be one of the most useful functions with the least documentation. In this tip, I will show you the basic use of Coalesce and also some features you probably never new existed.
2008-07-03
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Two longtime members of the SQLServerCentral.com community received the well-deserved MVP status this week. Congratulate Jeff Moden and Michael Coles.
2008-07-02
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The problem arises when the hierarchy level increases as SQL Server is limited to 32 levels of recursion. We need a better way to implement recursive queries in SQL Server 2005. How do we do it?
2008-07-02
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This article is Part 2 in the series which explores the options available in SQL Server 2005 for Slowly Changing Dimensions
2008-07-02
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Continuing on with his series on building a game in SQL Server, Steve Fibich talks about some more of the tables and the data they contain.
2008-07-01
2,691 reads
When a team is developing a database application, it is a mistake to believe that deployment is a simple task. It isn’t. It has to be planned, and scripted. Alexander Karmanov describes many of the problems you’re likely to meet, and provides an example solution that aims to save the DBA from the nightmare complexity of an unplanned deployment.
2008-07-01
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A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
I've got a web application for my side business. I've added a SQL Server...
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Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test; CREATE TABLE #test (id INT) INSERT INTO #test (id) SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs ; ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0; go UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1 UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2 INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test AS t WHERE flag = 0See possible answers