The behavior of SQL Server is influenced in many ways by the various settings and options available. This series will examine some of the ANSI options that can be set and changed in SQL Server.
2002-07-08
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Thanks to the more than 1,300 people that voted in the 2002 SQLserverCentral.com Reader's Choice Awards. Now that the voting is complete, find out who you voted to be the best SQL Server product and book.
2002-07-08
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Red Gate Software has released a new and improved version of SQL Compare, a simple $195 software tool for comparing and synchronizing SQL 7 and SQL 2000 database structure and contents.
2002-07-07
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What would you do if your SQL Server database mysteriously lost 11GB of data? Find out what happened to me. This story has a happy ending.
2002-07-03
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It's not a SQL book and the code examples are in Java, but there is a lot to like about this book. What is refactoring? How would you find it useful? Read the review to find out!
2002-07-02
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Binary data can be stored as integers in a table. This article explains how to query an integer field to return the bits represented by the integer.
2002-06-28
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This article demonstrates how to store checkbox results as integers in a database...perfect for surveys!
2002-06-27
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Andy says Windows Authentication "is bad". What? That's not what Microsoft says! Heck, that's not even what we say! Everyone knows NT authentication is the way to go. Then again, when was the last time Andy wrote an article that wasn't worth reading?! Read the article, rate it and add a comment - and automatically be entered in a drawing for a copy of SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning donated by Microsoft Press.
2002-06-25
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The SQLServerCentral.com Reader's Choice Awards voting has begun. Vote for the product or book that you feel is best in breed and saves you the most time. Voting is simple and takes less than a minute.
2002-06-24
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This article by Andy Warren offers some suggestions to help you get ready for your first Microsoft exam.
2002-06-21
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This month’s blogging party is hosted by Jeff Ianucci – his challenge is to...
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
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I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers