Creating a deep hierarchy with FOR XML
I have two tables in an application that I support. One is called [Report], and the other is [ReportParameter].
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2011-01-27
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Using the MERGE statement
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2011-01-17
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Wiring up a common click event handler in an ASP.NET page
I was just refactoring a server-side control and ran into some horrible code. Basicaly there was a big listbox that...
2010-12-30
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How to tell if a property exists by name
I recently was working on a library to manage reports in an application (probably a good candidate for an open source project)...
2010-12-29
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A Big PK
In SQL Server 2025, how many columns can be included in a Primary Key constraint?
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