Using the Union Statement - SQL School Video
In this SQL School video, learn how the UNION statement can help you join together results from different queries. MVP Andy Warren explains this T-SQL statement.
2009-03-24
6,817 reads
Articles
It Depends
It depends. The mantra of many DBAs and others in IT. Steve Jones reminds us why it applies.
2009-03-24
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It Depends
It depends. The mantra of many DBAs and others in IT. Steve Jones reminds us why it applies.
2009-03-24
60 reads
It Depends
It depends. The mantra of many DBAs and others in IT. Steve Jones reminds us why it applies.
2009-03-24
75 reads
Kimball University: A Data Warehousing Fitness Program for Lean Times
How can you do more with less? Follow this data warehousing/BI strengthening regimen to cut cost, avoid expenditures and bulk up the bottom line.
2009-03-24
2,851 reads
PASS 2009 Summit - Call for Speakers is Open
The call for speakers is open through midnight on April 10, 2009, so get busy submitting those abstracts! Work hard on the title and description, make it something that seems interesting and compelling for attendees. Expect the competition to be fierce...The call for speakers is open through midnight on April 10, 2009, so get busy submitting those abstracts! Work hard on the title and description, make it something that seems interesting and compelling for attendees. Expect the competition to be fierce...
2009-03-24
950 reads
Super Quick Table Meta Data
Learn how to get column names, data types, indexes, foreign keys, triggers and more in one snappy overview from new author Jacques Bosch
2009-03-23
8,676 reads
Almost Like a Service Pack
Microsoft recently laid off a number of people and made a mistake that they handled poorly. Steve Jones comments about what could have been done better.
2009-03-23
642 reads
Finding the Causes of Poor Performance in SQL Server, Part 1
To tackle performance problems with applications, first use SQL Profiler to find the queries that constitute a typical workload: From the trace, spot the queries or stored procedures that are having the most impact. Then it's down to examining the execution plans and query statistics. You then see what effects you've had and maybe repeat the process. Gail explains all, in a two-part article.
2009-03-23
5,352 reads
Introduction to Windows PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA Part 2
To continue this series on Introduction to Windows PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA, this tip will look at the pipeline and output processing.
2009-03-23
3,574 reads
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Question of the Day
Who am I?
If I want to track which login called a stored procedure and use the value in an audit, what function can I use to replace the xxx below?
create procedure AddNewCustomer
@customername varchar(200)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @added VARCHAR(100)
SELECT @added = xxx
IF @customername IS NOT NULL
INSERT dbo.Customer
(
CustomerName,
AddedBy
)
VALUES
(@customername, @added)
END See possible answers