XML Workshop XV - Accessing FOR XML results with ADO.NET
The next installment of Jacob Sebastian's great series on XML looks at how a .NET application might consume XML data returned from SQL Server.
2008-03-12
5,688 reads
Jacob Sebastian
XML Workshop XIV - Generating an XML Tree
Continuing on with his comprehensive series on XML, Jacob Sebastian shows us how to generate a tree of parent-child data using XML.
2008-02-13
7,839 reads
Generating Missing Dates and Numbers
Finding missing data in a sequence of numbers or dates is a common request of DBAs. Regular author Jacob Sebastian brings us a new article that shows just how you can do this.
2008-02-06
8,743 reads
SQLCE Workshop IV - Integration with Visual Studio 2005
Continuing on with his series on SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, regular author Jacob Sebastian takes a look at how Visual Studio fits into your SQL CE project.
2008-01-23
3,170 reads
SQLCE Workshop III - Getting started with 3.5 Beta
Part 3 of his series looking at SQL Server Compact Edition, then embedded version of SQL Server. This time we look at the new version that's in beta.
2007-12-27
2,215 reads
XML Workshop XIII - XSD And Variable Content Containers
Continuing on with his highly popular XML series, Jacob Sebastian looks at variable content and stylesheets in your SQL content.
2007-12-19
3,871 reads
Creating Location Independent SSIS packages
Building SSIS packages and deploying them to production can be a challenge as connection strings and directory structures change. Longtime SQL Server guru Jacob Sebastian brings us a technique for building packages to make this easier.
2007-12-12
11,226 reads
XML Workshop XII - Parsing a delimited string
Continuing with his series on XML structures, this article looks at how to split a string up using XQUERY.
2007-12-05
7,191 reads
XML Workshop XI - Default Namespaces
The eleventh installment of the XML Workshop continues looking at namespaces. This time Jacob Sebastian examines default namespaces and how they impact your XML processing.
2007-11-21
4,523 reads
TSQL Lab I - Playing around with ROW_NUMBER
Real world solutions are key and having different techniques can sometimes help you code quicker. Longtime author Jacob Sebastian shows us how to solve a few problems with different techniques.
2007-11-14
6,185 reads
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers