TSQL Challenge #14
A new challenge is up. See if you are up for the task of identifying the longest sequence of characters in a string before Oct 12
2009-10-01
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Press Release
Free Training in October - SQL Saturdays Around the US
There are a number of SQL Saturday events around the country in October: Redmond, Gainesville, Orlando, Louisville, and Cedar Rapids. Read more about these events.
2009-09-24
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Grow Your Network - Come to the PASS Summit!
The 2009 PASS Summit is Nov 2-5, 2009 in Seattle. Come and grow your network, while learning about SQL Server.
2009-09-17 (first published: 2009-05-12)
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T-SQL Challenge #13
Take T-SQL Challenge #13, Break a batch of invoices into multiple parts based on rules.
2009-09-15
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Less Than a Week - PASS 2009 Summit
A last push for the 2009 PASS Summit before registration goes up.
2009-09-10
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SQL Bits
The next SQLBits conference is being held Nov 19-21, 2009 in Newport, UK. If you want to attend or even speak, read more about this event.
2009-08-27
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SQL Lunch with the Baton Rouge Area SQL Users Group
It's on Livemeeting and open to everyone. Get some lunch time training in with this group.
2009-08-25
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The 2009 SQLServerCentral Opening Night Party
SQLServerCentral is hosting an opening night party at the 2009 PASS Summit. Read more about this and learn how to get a ticket.
2009-08-19
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TSQL Challenge #12 - Build sequential ranges of dates with propagation to missing values
Take the new challenge from MVP Jacob Sebastian. Deadline is next Monday.
2009-08-18
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Curacao SQL Server User Group
A new PASS chapter is now on the island of Curacao. Roy Ernest, longtime SQLServerCentral contributor, runs it. Come support this chapter in the Caribbean.
2009-07-28
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
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T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers