Get month names ordered using recursion
Learn how to pull the month names in a report drop down using a recursive common table expression (CTE).
2012-03-13
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Articles
Steps to Rename a Subscriber Database for SQL Server Transactional Replication
I have transactional replication configured in production. The business team has a requirement to rename the subscription database. Is it possible to rename the subscription database and ensure that transactional replication will continue to function as before? If so, how could we achieve this?
2012-03-13
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Disaster Recovery: Rebuild system databases on SQL Server 2008 cluster
In this article we will see how to rebuild system databases in SQL Server 2008 cluster that is failed to restart.
2012-03-12
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How to Secure your SQL Azure Application
Developers targeting the SQL Azure platform should make sure their applications are secure. This article walks through the considerations developers need to keep in mind when designing SQL Azure applications.
2012-03-12
2,138 reads
SQL Saturday #105 - Dublin
The first SQL Saturday in Ireland on Mar 24, 2012. Come get a free day of SQL Server training.
2012-03-12
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SQL Saturday #120 - Orange County
Come to a free day of SLQ Server training on Mar 24, 2012 in Huntington Beach, CA.
2012-03-12
1,406 reads
Implementing Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Policies & Multi Pathing
Impementing iSCSI multi-pathing and redundancy policies
2012-03-09
4,044 reads
Solid State Disks and SQL Server
An interesting result from a recent test of SSDs in SQL Server by Wes Brown. A surprising discovery is important for anyone thinking about using SSDs to know.
2012-03-09 (first published: 2010-04-08)
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Working with Variables in SQL Server Integration Services
There are a number of ways that you can incorporated variables into your SSIS Scripts. Robert Sheldon demonstrates how.
2012-03-09
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SQL Server Integration Services - Delay Validation
Using delay validation the designer can control the response of default behaviour of package validation which happens at design time and also at run time.
2012-03-08
5,315 reads
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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