Get an overview of how to set up and use XML Web Services using SOAP/HTTP inside SQL Server 2005 (formerly known as "Yukon"). Illustrative examples are included. To get the most from this paper, you should have a basic understanding of Web service technologies including HTTP, SOAP, and WSDL.
2009-05-15
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Unlike other relational database management systems that shall remain nameless, SQL Server's underlying coding language, T/SQL, does not have a built-in function for padding string values. I recently took it upon myself to create my own and as you'll see I got a little carried away
2009-05-15
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The fourth module of the training course "Becoming a Profiler Master", takes a detailed look at the many events and event categories that can be collected with Profiler.
2009-05-14
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This new article from Lanre Famuyide shows how to make your SSIS package deployment hassle free by using package configuration files.
2009-05-14
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The other day at a conference, the subject of data degradation/corrosion arose. The speaker at the conference said that data in a database degraded or corroded over time. The statement was made as if degradation over time applied to all databases. I found this blanket statement to be misguided. Indeed, I think that data does degrade in some databases, but not all.
2009-05-14
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Feeling his age a bit, Steve Jones asks you about yours in this Friday's poll. Where do you think you are in your career as a technologist?
2009-05-14
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Feeling his age a bit, Steve Jones asks you about yours in this Friday's poll. Where do you think you are in your career as a technologist?
2009-05-14
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Feeling his age a bit, Steve Jones asks you about yours in this Friday's poll. Where do you think you are in your career as a technologist?
2009-05-14
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Most of us are tired of this overused, vague term. How many of you have clicked on a 'DBA' job posting only to find that it's not what you do? Or asked for a DBA resume from a recruiter and gotten something other than what you expected? Or...
2009-05-14
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XML Data Modification Language (XML DML) allows you to modify and update XML data. When working with SQL Server Databases, this is the most efficient way to modify elements in an XML column, yet the techniques of using XML-DML have not been well, or simply, described - up until now. Robert Sheldon presents a practical workbench to show the various modify methods
2009-05-14
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By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source...
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this is a great prompt to start...
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I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^d') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers