Greg Larsen looks at one way to design your database connection strategy to simplify changing application connections so you can plug-n-play databases with less administrative overhead when the need arises.
2008-04-28
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Along with some best practices, SQL Server MVP Hilary Cotter shares a log shipping setup process from start to finish.
2008-04-28
3,144 reads
This white paper introduces Microsoft SQL Server developers to the international features of Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Topics covered include an explanation of Unicode, added support for supplementary characters in SQL Server 2005, the changes in collation in different versions of SQL Server, changes in data types, performance, updates on data providers, and new international support features in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services and Integration Services.
2008-04-25
3,058 reads
In which Phil takes a break from a tedious bit of routine coding to build a Spam Filter in SQL.
2008-04-25
2,452 reads
Use XQuery scripting language to retrieve specific XML data type values in SQL Server. Learn to script and use Value() and Query() to retrieve single and multiple XML values.
2008-04-24
4,234 reads
This article illustrates the functionality of UPSERT via the MERGE command in SQL Server 2008.
2008-04-24
6,046 reads
One of the issues I have is that the SQL Server Error Log is quite large and it is not always easy to view the contents with the Log File Viewer. In a previous tip "Simple way to find errors in SQL Server error log" you discussed a method of searching the error log using VBScript. Are there any other easy ways to search and find errors in the error log files?
2008-04-23
4,240 reads
In Reporting Services in SQL Server 2005 there are several ways of achieving the same result. This article introduces how we can create the same report using several different methods.
2008-04-23
3,128 reads
Along with some best practices, SQL Server MVP Hilary Cotter shares a log shipping setup process from start to finish.
2008-04-22
2,862 reads
Robyn and Phil go back to basics and hammer out some basic String-handling User Functions in TSQL, based on Python examples. Plenty of sample code, and TSQL programming tricks.
2008-04-22
4,839 reads
By Steve Jones
I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new...
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
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Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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