Using a column name in a COUNT function
Putting a column name in a COUNT() function may not always give you what you are looking for.
2015-01-30 (first published: 2013-10-15)
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COPY_ONLY Backups
What are COPY_ONLY backups and why do we care? New author Charles Kincaid walks us through the basics of how you can create one of these backups.
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