Easy and Repeatable Testing of DB Code (Stored Procs, etc.) with DbFit
Testing DB code is not fun or easy so it usually gets ignored. But now there’s a super-easy way to test using DBFit.
2008-11-13
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Solomon Rutzky
- Interests: Computers (duh ;-), religion, sarcasm, chocolate covered raisins
- Website: https://SqlQuantumLeap.com/
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Exporting and Versioning Lookup Data: A Real-World Use of the CLR
The CLR has not been well-received and most people use it for Regular Expressions and string functions. Here is an example that goes beyond trivial uses.
2008-06-24
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Searching Objects for Text
When searching meta-data to find an occurance of a particular string or pattern it is difficult to look everywhere. This procedure helps you find what you are looking for.
2008-05-28
8,749 reads
A New (and Hopefully Better) Approach to Constants
A look at how constants are used in T-SQL and SQL Server in general along with some suggestions on how better to deal with them.
2007-10-16
7,935 reads
Getting The Most Out of SQL Server 2005 UDTs and UDAs
The CLR integration in SQL Server 2005 greatly expands on the capabilities of the SQL Server platform. One new area is the ability to build user-defined types and user-defined aggregates. Solomon Rutzky brings us a way to get around some of the limitations in this area with his SQL# toolkit.
2007-09-18
5,656 reads
Capturing Missing Information From SQL Profiler
While SQL Server's Profiler is a great tool, it can be hard to work with and we can easily miss information in the results. New author Solomon Rutzky brings us a short article that can help you to better configure your traces to get the information you need.
2007-09-06
10,312 reads
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Adding and Dropping Columns I
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to add two new columns for the StateProvince and Country. What code should I use? See possible answers