Current date without the timestamp
This script will get you the current date minus the time. It will display all zeros instead.
2005-01-07 (first published: 2004-12-28)
380 reads
Additional Articles
Transactional replication performance tuning and optimization
Transactional replication is a type of replication provided by SQL Server 2000 that allows data modifications to be propagated incrementally between servers in a distributed environment.
2005-01-07
3,834 reads
Date without the time
This script will get you the current date minus the time. It will display all zeros instead.
2005-01-06 (first published: 2004-12-28)
191 reads
A list of the bugs that are fixed in SQL Server 2000 SP 4 Beta
This article contains information about the bugs that are fixed by Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 Beta. (SP4).
2005-01-06
6,292 reads
Securing Your Microsoft SQL Server Databases in an Enterprise Environm
If you are running Microsoft SQL Server databases to support critical enterprise applications, you are part of a growing trend.
2005-01-06
1,972 reads
Manipulating Microsoft SQL Server Using SQL Injection
Focuses on advanced techniques that can be used in an attack on an application utilizing Microsoft SQL Server as a backend. These techniques demonstrate how an attacker could use a SQL Injection vulnerability to retrieve the database content from behind a firewall and penetrate the internal network. Also provided are recommendations on how to prevent such attacks.
2005-01-05
2,626 reads
Get the Value of a BitMask
This function will take a 64 bitmask string and return the value of bitmask. If you need 128, 256, etc simply change the length of the parameter, being careful to remember you may need to change the return type of int to BigInt if you get too long.
2005-01-04 (first published: 2004-12-30)
241 reads
Common QA for deploying SQL Server in a SAN Environment
Detailed question/answer paper on deploying SQL Server in a Storage Area Network (SAN) Environment.
2005-01-04
2,513 reads
Get all from Table A that isn't in Table B
A common requirement when building a data warehouse is to be able to get all rows from a staging table where the business key is not in the dimension table. For example, I may want to get all rows from my STG_DATE table where the DateID is not in DIM_DATE.DateID.
2004-12-29
2,168 reads
Function Number of Week Days between Two Dates
This function will calculate the number of weekdays between two dates passed. This allows for accurate tracking of "business days" for metrics in many different views.
2004-12-28 (first published: 2004-12-16)
265 reads
Blogs
Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026
2025 exposed a growing gap between AI ambition and operational reality. As budgets tightened...
Stop Being Surprised by Your Azure Bill: Use Budgets
By John
When organizations migrate workloads to Azure, the focus is usually on architecture, performance, and...
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
Forums
The Max PK Length
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Max PK Length
My experience using the GitHub Copilot in SSMS 22
Comments posted to this topic are about the item My experience using the GitHub...
The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Microsoft SQL Year in...
Question of the Day
The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
See possible answers