Andy Warren

I started my SQL journey here at SQLServerCentral as one of the founders, helping to build a place to share and learn that continues to thrive under the editorial guidance of my friend Steve Jones. I've done a lot of volunteer work over the years ranging from our local SQL group (oPASS, SQLOrlando) to serving on the Board of Directors of PASS to designing and building the framework of SQLSaturday (which has gone on to produce more than 1000 locally managed events since we started in 2007). These days I manage a DBA team, but over the years I've been a trainer, consultant, contractor, and DBA. I'm rarely present on social media, the best way to contact me is here, LinkedIn, or via email.

SQLServerCentral Article

Review of Data Compare v.151

In this product review Andy takes a look at Data Compare, the second of three products in the SQL Bundle available from Red-Gate software. It's a very handy program that lets you compare data between two tables and optionally generate sql statements to syncronize the data. An interesting alternative to replication!

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2001-10-31

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Technical Article

Script to Attach Multiple MDF

Copies mdf files located in a directory on a client and attaches them to the connected server. This is the winning solution to the contest that was presented in an article posted at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/awarren/reattachingdatabases-somecodeandacontest!.asp. That article shows how to do the same thing using DMO. Wynn Muse is the author of this stored procedure.

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2001-09-23

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Reattaching Databases - Some Code AND a Contest!

Attaching and detaching databases isn't rocket science, but if you have a lot of databases to attach it's pretty boring. Andy has written some VB code that uses SQL-DMO to speed up the process. But DMO isn't the only way - can you write a TSQL script to do the same thing? Fame and fortune await!

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2001-09-04

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Try the SQL Parser Object to Colorize your SQL!

The SQLParser object - mostly undocumented - gives you an easy way to convert a TSQL string into a colorized RTF string. Andy started with that and wrote some code to change it to HTML. Useful? Never know! Code and demo program included with the article.

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2001-08-31

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Some Comments about our Discussion Area

Sometimes as hard as you look you just can't find the answer or idea you're looking for - that's when a good discussion forum comes in handy! Read this article for some tips and tricks on using our discussion forums successfully. Then when you have time, browse our current discussions and see if they work.

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2001-08-07

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