Get Set For Speed
Loops are common in application code, but set-based solutions are the way to go with SQL.
2018-02-23 (first published: 2015-12-29)
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Tom Staab
Temporary exclusive database access
This simple script disconnects any other session that is connected to the specified database by temporarily switching the database to single user.
2015-11-20 (first published: 2015-10-25)
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Escaping Like I
I have this data in a SQL Server 2022 table:
PlayerIDPlayerNamePlayerStatus 1The \%ChampActive 2The ChampActive 3The_ChampionActive 4The__ChampionActive 5The\_ChampActiveHow many rows are returned by this code in SQL Server 2022?
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