How to write an INSERT query
My First INSERT Statement Last week we covered how to get information out of a table, using a SELECT query....
2017-05-31
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How to write a SELECT query
My First SELECT Statement Microsoft SQL Server makes it really easy for us to query tables. In SQL Server Management...
2017-05-24
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Querying a Database
When we want to retrieve information from a database, we query the structure with language appropriate to the database. Remember...
2017-05-17
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SQL Server Management Studio v17.0
Version numbers are confusing. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), the client user interface by which most DBAs access SQL Server,...
2017-05-10
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SQL Server 2017 Announced
By now you will have heard that the next version of SQL Server has been announced. There’s no release date yet,...
2017-05-03
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Something something Production something something you idiot
You’re reading this series of posts because you want to learn about databases and how to use them. What you...
2017-04-26
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Upcoming SQLSaturdays in Alberta, Canada
Taking a short break from the Database Fundamentals series of the last few weeks, I’d like to mention some upcoming...
2017-04-19
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So, like, what is a byte?
A friend of mine in the filmmaking business, who is exceedingly bright but has never worked with SQL Server before,...
2017-04-12
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Normalization, The Sequel
If there’s one thing that SQL Server is really good at, it’s relationships. After all, a relational database management system...
2017-04-05
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A First Look At Normalization
Phew! There’s a lot to take in with data types, collation, precision, scale, length, and Unicode, and we’re just getting...
2017-03-29
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Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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