One common problem in querying is to reference the previous row in a data set as part of a calculation. David McKinney brings us an interesting solution using SQL Server 2005.
2010-08-20 (first published: 2008-03-13)
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Continuing with his series on using auditing information to roll transactions forward or back, David McKinney shows us how to generate audit triggers using XML.
2009-05-18
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Using an audit table to rollback changes to data might be a nice addition to many applications. David McKinney's new series looks at how you can use this data for RollBack or RollForward.
2009-05-11
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Getting a result set of XML is the easy part, but what about exporting the data in a human readable format? Most DBAs don't
spend a lot of time formatting XML output, but it doesn't hurt to know how. New author David McKinney brings us a technique for generating an XML article and then using SSIS and XSL to transform it into an HTML page.
2008-01-28 (first published: 2007-02-21)
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Auditing is something that almost every DBA needs to tackle at some point in his or her career. David McKinney brings a new twist on the solution by using XML and XSL to help implement auditing in your SQL Server application.
2007-08-20
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