Listing members of a group in SQL Server.
In SQL we are used to the GROUP BY and the type of result it produces. In real life, we...
2010-10-11
1,559 reads
Phil Factor
- Interests: Motorbikes, Beer, gardening, conservation, Local history.
The One True Script
Phil Factor less-than-fond memories of the days of the One True Source Script. However, despite recent advances, he wonders just how much smoother team-based database development really is.
2010-10-04
238 reads
Cleaning up excess contiguous spaces in strings. A mystery.
/* Have you ever come across the problem where you have to remove spaces from a string that has too many?...
2010-09-30
2,979 reads
SQL Server's implementation of Window Functions
Phil factor compares SQL Server 2008's implementation of Window Functions to PostgreSQL and finds SQL Server frustratingly lacking in some of the essentials.
2010-09-27
796 reads
COMPUTE: now it is going, what else will do it?
/*I'd be very surprised if you've ever used the old COMPUTE clause in SQL Server. It is a bit mad,...
2010-09-23
1,618 reads
Getting Fired from an Unpaid Job.
Phil Factor initially brooded about being fired from a job he was just doing unpaid to help out. Then he suddenly realized that they were probably right.
2010-09-13
347 reads
Houston, we have a problem
Phil Factor takes a sideways look at Houston, a new tool for building SQL Azure applications, and is somewhat underwhelmed by what he finds.
2010-08-02
225 reads
Ambiguities and the wild object.oriented brigades
--Whilst trying to design a more effective way of detecting dependencies in a SQL Server database, I was mulling over...
2010-07-29
2,011 reads
The Killer Backslash in TSQL
--it is
quite startling to see that this, in TSQL, executes.
Select \
/*
---------------------
0.00
(1
row(s) affected)
so does
this....
*/
Select null /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
/*
---------------------
NULL
(1
row(s) affected)...
2010-07-29
5,817 reads
The Great Forum Debate
Phil discusses the pros and cons of the traditional versus stack overflow-style model for forum debate, and wonders whether there is a database model that would support all these different forms of discussion, or cooperative work, so that we can simply fit the 'visualization' to the nature of the particular discussion.
2010-06-28
99 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers