SQL Triggers in a Security Context
This article will show you how to use user-defined triggers to supplement your security policies, preventing unauthorised data manipulation and blocking unfriendly logins.
2012-07-12
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Do you work with data to support organizational decisions?
Are you a database or BI expert supporting decisions in your company with reports or models using Microsoft tools? We want to hear how you do this and what you think of the trend towards 'self-service' analysis for business users. Share your experiences in a short survey.
2012-07-12
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The PoSh DBA - The Attributes of Advanced Functions
Once you pass that point of just hurriedly writing PowerShell scripts for immediate use and start to write PowerShell functions for reuse, then you'll want a robust set of parameters that allow functions to work just like cmdlets.
2012-07-12
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Is it time to move from SQL Azure to Amazon RDS SQL Server?
Amazon RDS SQL Server is the new kid on the block. Is it better than SQL Azure?
2012-07-11
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SQL Server Report Server 2008 R2 Execution Log Reports
As you design and deploy more and more reports to your Report Server, how do you review which reports are being run, how often, and how long the reports take to render?
2012-07-11
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SQL Server Central Webinar Series #20: Using SQL Storage Compress in the Real World
Join us on July 10 at 4:00pm GMT/11:00am EDT for an in-depth look at SQL Storage Compress and learn how you can shrink the storage needs for your databases.
2012-07-10 (first published: 2012-06-26)
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Troubleshooting SQL Server with PowerShell - Virtual Chapter Meeting
Come join Laerte Junior on Wednesday ,July 18th 12 noon EDT (GMT -4), for a virtual meeting on Powershell and
2012-07-10
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Views and Dependencies
Be sure to understand the consequences of modifying underlying tables and the affects they can have on Views
2012-07-10
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Handling Constraint Violations and Errors in SQL Server
The database developer can, of course, throw all errors back to the application developer to deal with, but this is neither kind nor necessary. How errors are dealt with is dependent on the application, but the process itself isn't entirely obvious.
2012-07-10
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Turbocharge Your Database Maintenance With Service Broker: Part 1
Are your maintenance windows too wide? Find out how to shrink them with Service Broker.
2012-07-09
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Question of the Day
Getting the Average
I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers