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Convert UK Postcode to Latitude/Longitude/Northing/Easting using SQL CLR
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Using indexed views on ANY core SQL server edition
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2014-09-02 (first published: 2014-08-26)
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Using indexed views on ANY core SQL server edition
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2014-08-26
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Thank You SQLBits!
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2014-07-25
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Thank You SQLBits!
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Time for a change in career
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2014-05-31
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Most important feature of SQL 2014
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2014-04-29
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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?
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