I would like to know the number of rows affected by my SQL Server query. I know this is displayed as a message in SQL Server Management Studio, but I have to check the number of rows in an IF statement to verify if everything went alright. How can I do this in SQL Server?
2025-02-07
In this second installment of our series comparing Frappe and Laravel, we probe into critical aspects of database management and migrations.
2025-02-05
You’re running an ad-hoc query in a Microsoft SQL Server database with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and need to further analyze the result set in an Excel spreadsheet. How do you export the data?
2025-02-03
There may come a time when you want to or need to rename a database. In this tip we look at a couple different options.
2025-01-31
Key vaults define security boundaries for stored secrets. It allows you to securely store service or application credentials like passwords and access keys as secrets. All secrets in your key vault are encrypted with a software key. When you use Key Vault, you no longer need to store security information in your applications. Not having to store security information in applications eliminates the need to make this information part of the code.
2025-01-29
2 reads
Date manipulation is a common scenario when retrieving or storing data in a Microsoft SQL Server database. There are several date functions (DATENAME, DATEPART, DATEADD, DATEDIFF, etc.) that are available and in this tutorial, we look at how to use the DATEADD function in SQL queries, stored procedures, T-SQL scripts, etc. for OLTP databases as well as data warehouse and data science projects.
2025-01-27
In this document I will share an overview of Oracle’s architecture that isn’t complete, but it will give you a basic understanding of how the architecture works, especially if you are coming from other database platforms.
2025-01-24
This tool has always been an integral part of the Visual Studio. However, the name of this tool as well as the method of its installation varies from version to version of Visual Studio (VS). In this article, we are going to illustrate how to install SSIS in Visual Studio 2019.
2025-01-22
This article covers examples of how some larger companies have successfully implemented CI/CD practices to transform their development processes.
2025-01-20
Everybody’s coasting and looking back. Let’s kick our heels up, get comfortable, and talk big picture industry stuff.
2025-01-17
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item OPENQUERY Flexibility
Comments posted to this topic are about the item A Full Shutdown
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
See possible answers