IN and NOT IN
One of the most common mistakes made in T-SQL is thinking that these behave identically. I've personally opened up a...
2010-01-28
1,227 reads
Seth Phelabaum
Windows LiveSynch
After a while, most people who work with SQL have accumulated quite a few scripts that they use for investigation,...
2010-01-20
519 reads
Tally Table - String Cleaning
Overview
This is something that most people eventually need for reporting purposes. This function uses a Tally table to 'clean' a...
2010-01-13
4,201 reads
2010 Goals
It seems like every blog I read has a list of goals posted for the year. This seems like a...
2010-01-09
344 reads
String Manipulation - CHARINDEX()
I see charindex used quite commonly in string manipulation. What I rarely see used is the optional third parameter. Here...
2009-12-21
2,926 reads
String Manipulation - CHARINDEX()
I see charindex used quite commonly in string manipulation. What I rarely see used is the optional third parameter. Here...
2009-12-19
4,372 reads
Tally Table - Character Date Validation
Tally (or numbers) tables are one of my favorite query writing tools. Such a simple premise that can be applied...
2009-12-17
3,185 reads
Tally Table - Character Date Validation
Tally (or numbers) tables are one of my favorite query writing tools. Such a simple premise that can be applied...
2009-12-14
3,030 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers