Leveraging Constraint Evaluation Sequence in SQL Server
Constraints on a table in SQL Server are evaluated in a specific sequence. Knowing this sequence can help us leverage them to realize various business requirements.
2014-01-27
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Articles
SQL Saturday #241 Cleveland, OH
SQL Saturday is coming to Cleveland on February 8, 2014. Join us for a free day of SQL Server Training and Networking. There will also be paid-for pre-conference sessions on Feb 7 featuring Argenis Fernandez and Allen White.
2014-01-27
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Managing SSIS Security with Database Roles
SQL Server 2012 introduced the new project deployment model for Integration Services. This tip will guide you through the process of setting up security for the SSIS 2012 catalog.
2014-01-27
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A Versioning system for SSRS
Use SSRS to be create its own lightweight report version control system
2014-01-24 (first published: 2012-10-23)
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The SQL Server Sqliosim Utility
The sqliosim utility is provided with SQL Server to test the I/O stability and 'correctness' of a server. It is generally used before installing SQL Server in order to ensure that new hardware can handle your expected loads. Bob Sheldon explains what it is and how to use it.
2014-01-24
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Search multiple SQL Server Error Logs at the same time
The code in this tip will show how to use two system stored procedures to identify all iterations of a given string in the available SQL Server error logs since a specific point in time.
2014-01-23
3,148 reads
Calculating the Median Value within a Partitioned Set Using T-SQL
It is ironic that one of the most essential of statistical aggregations, the median, has been so difficult in the past to calculate efficiently in SQL. Dwain Camps sets the candidates to work and identifies the winners and losers.
2014-01-22
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Free Online Business Analytics Training for Those Who Love Data
Spend a day with top experts from the world of business analytics and business intelligence on Feb. 5 and learn how to get the most from your data in a series of 12 free, live training webcasts with on-demand replay.
2014-01-21
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Mastering Dimensions of Time
A method to create and populate Date and Time dimension tables for a data warehouse project.
2014-01-21
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Migrating SQL Server Databases to Windows Azure by Leveraging BACPAC Files
Marcin Policht shows you how to migrate on-premise data that is already cloud-compliant to Windows Azure SQL Databases by converting it into a BACPAC formatted file.
2014-01-21
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Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
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