Thanks for the Help with Deadlocks
It's time to start blogging again. And for my first post in a very long time, I mainly want to...
2015-05-08 (first published: 2015-05-02)
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It's time to start blogging again. And for my first post in a very long time, I mainly want to...
2015-05-08 (first published: 2015-05-02)
7,546 reads
SQLSaturday #250 Pittsburgh is in the books, and I'd like to sincerely thank the organizers, sponsors, volunteers, and speakers for...
2013-09-16
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SQL Saturday #171 Pittsburgh preparations continue, and the schedule has been posted for your review. If you're anywhere in the...
2012-09-18
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Hey, did I mention that Pittsburgh is having a SQLSaturday this year?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo:Herbert Spencer, used under Creative Commons...
2012-07-30
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Man it's tough to get in all that you want to do, isn't it? I've been trying to get my...
2012-07-21
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It's official, there's going to be a SQL Saturday in Pittsburgh this year!
The date is October 6th, and the...
2012-07-18
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I was running some tests on some purchased data this morning, and was getting a little perturbed because I was...
2011-06-16
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Comparing data between tables seems like a simple thing to do, but it can eat up a lot of a SQL Server professional's time. Stephen Tirone shows how multiple assignment variables can be used to make this task a little easier.
2010-01-26
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The EXCEPT operator, introduced in SQL Server 2005, can be handy in some situations where you are comparing data between two tables. New author Stephen Tirone brings us a potential issue to be aware of with this operator.
2010-01-18
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A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test; CREATE TABLE #test (id INT) INSERT INTO #test (id) SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs ; ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0; go UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1 UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2 INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test AS t WHERE flag = 0See possible answers