Free eBook: SQL Server Hardware
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2012-11-06
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Articles
Using SQL Server Concatenation Efficiently
This article shares some tips on using concatenation efficiently for application development, pointing out some things that we must consider and look at when concatenating values or fields in our queries or stored procedures.
2012-11-06
3,661 reads
SSIS Basics: Using the Execute SQL Task to Generate Result Sets
The Execute SQL Task of SSIS is extraordinarily useful, but it can cause a lot of difficulty for developers learning SSIS, or only using it occasionally. What it needed, we felt, was a clear step-by-step guide that showed the basics of how to use it effectively. Annette Allen has once again cleared the fog of confusion.
2012-11-05
2,246 reads
Last chance for a day of free SQL Server training at SQL in the City 2012
SQL Server developers and database administrators have one last chance for a full day of free training and networking at SQL in the City 2012.
2012-11-02 (first published: 2012-10-25)
3,911 reads
Parsing Parameters in a Stored Procedure
This article shows a clean non-looping method to parse comma separated values from a parameter passed to a stored procedure.
2012-11-02 (first published: 2010-08-10)
31,195 reads
SQL Server Function to return a range of dates
A quick solution is a table function that will create a date range based on the parameters given. Then, you can just join to the results.
2012-11-02
4,979 reads
Manipulating XML Data in SQL Server
When the average database developer is obliged to manipulate XML, either shredding it into relational format, or creating it from SQL, it is often done 'at arms length'. A shame, since effective use of techniques that go beyond the basics can save much code,
2012-11-01
3,886 reads
SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 Permissions
As you begin developing reports for deployment to a Report Server, what security considerations need to be taken into account in order to grant users access to run a report.
2012-10-31
3,976 reads
Routine Dependency Visualizer
This article contains a T-SQL script that can show you the dependency of all objects in your SQL Server database.
2012-10-30
4,858 reads
SQL Server 2012 Integration Services - Unattended Execution of SSIS Packages
Quite often, tasks accomplished via SSIS are a part of procedures that run unattended, either scheduled to launch at a particular date and time or triggered by some arbitrarily chosen event. Marcin Policht shares a typical approach to implementing such a scenario.
2012-10-30
3,399 reads
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Finding Trailing Spaces
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Question of the Day
Finding Trailing Spaces
I have some data in a SQL Server 2025 database. It looks like this for the dbo.Customer table:
CustomerID CustomerName PreferredName 1 Steve Steve 2 Andy Andy 3 Brian Brian 4 Allan Allan 5 Devin Devin 6 Steve Steve 7 Sally SallyI want to detect which names have a single trailing space. The CustomerName is a varchar() and the PreferredName is a CHAR(). Does this query detect the problem rows?
SELECT
CustomerID,
CustomerName,
PreferredName
FROM Customer
WHERE CustomerName <> RTRIM(CustomerName)
OR PreferredName <> RTRIM(PreferredName); See possible answers