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Techniques for Uniquely Identifying Database Records

When designing and creating a data model for a data-driven application, the records in tables must each be uniquely identifiable. By having a unique value associated with each record, individual records can be selected, updated, or deleted. Being able to uniquely identify records is so important and standard in a database system that databases allow those designing a database table to specify what column (or columns) make up the primary key.

2006-12-22

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Tales of Corporate Espionage

All good detective stories have a femme fatale. In the case of corporate espionage scandals, Celia Goodson, a seasoned businesswoman and once a glossily groomed blonde, has been involved in investigating more business transgressions to hit the City in the last three decades than anyone else of her years.

2006-12-21

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Free Phil Factor eBook: Confessions of an IT Manager

Download a 108-page eBook in which Phil Factor lifts the lid on the victories, defeats and absurdities of a career spent in the rough-and-tumble of the IT industry. The paperback will to available to buy from Lulu.com shortly ($25), but the eBook is free for registered Simple-Talk.com users

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2006-12-18

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CLR Inside Out

This article is meant to explore these architectural issues from the bottom up, and aims to guide you through this new world. In the long run, new programming models are likely to appear that will abstract away a lot of the challenges you will encounter.

2006-12-15

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QUOTENAME Behavior

I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?

DECLARE @s VARCHAR(20) = 'Steve Jones'
SELECT QUOTENAME(@s, '>')
What is returned?

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