2001-05-25
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Articles
Quickly Enabling and Disabling Constraints and Triggers
In some cases, you may have to be able to quickly disable all the constraints and triggers in a database. This article shows you how to do this with a few lines of T-SQL.
2001-05-24
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Simplifying Instead Of Triggers
Instead of triggers are a new feature in SQL Server 2000 which greatly extend the functionality of triggers. This article covers a basic introduction to Instead of Triggers and illustrates possibilities for their use.
2001-05-24
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2001-05-23
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Using FileSystemObject with DTS
This article will show you how to use the FileSystemObject to determine the existence of a file inside DTS.
2001-05-23
8,440 reads
SP_MSForeachtable - Life Without Cursors.
Is there such a thing as a task where you would not need a cursor? Hidden in the depths of the master database are a series of stored procedures that can replace some cursors with these one-liners.
2001-05-22
14,310 reads
Standing Back And Looking At Benchmark Results
What do the TPC-C benchmarks mean to the average DBA? In this article, Neil Boyle steps back and looks at them from a practical view.
2001-05-22
5,805 reads
Using DMO to Execute a Job
Using DMO to execute a job is a powerful technique that is easy to apply. This article by Andy Warren has all the code you need to do it!
2001-05-22
5,375 reads
Piping a Query to a Text File
The case where one has to send the results of a query to a text file comes up quite often. This quick tip will show you how to output the results of a query to a text file.
2001-05-21
11,977 reads
Prove Your Case and Win a Buck!
Your database design should be impervious to this documented behavior of the ADO delete method. Be one of the first five members to give a compelling reason why not, and take a dollar from starving columnist Sean Burke.
2001-05-21
3,361 reads
Blogs
T-SQLTuesday 204: Are blogs still relevant?
This month’s blogging party is hosted by Jeff Ianucci – his challenge is to...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
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Question of the Day
Switching Schemas I
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