For better Sql code use fake tables
When unit testing code there is a really powerful feature that is either called mocking or faking or sometimes using stubs and what these mean is creating objects that...
2014-11-18
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Blog Posts
MDX #42–IsEmpty? or = 0 ? or IS NULL?
In SQL, NULL means undefined value
Any SQL programmer can tell you that zero is not NULL, NULL is not zero, and...
2014-11-18 (first published: 2014-11-12)
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More on that Cyberwar
As a follow-up to my post on being at war, cyberwar:
State Department Hacked
If the experts are correct, this trend is...
2014-11-18
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Thoughts On A State of the Chapter Statement (and Doing More)
This is a follow up to a thought I voiced on Twitter last week – the value of a once a...
2014-11-18
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What Are You Thankful For
Bob Pusateri (B | T) wrote a blog post yesterday for anyone who was interested on sharing what they were thankful...
2014-11-18
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2014 PASS Summit 2014 Board Q&A Notes
As has occurred in previous years at the PASS Summit the PASS Board of Directors held an open Q&A session...
2014-11-17
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
While on my trip to PASS Summit 2014, I have selected one more book to read on the long flights...
2014-11-17
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How To Use the Unpivot Transform in SSIS
Moving data from columns to rows can be a tricky task and accomplished in a variety of ways. That may be...
2014-11-17 (first published: 2014-11-11)
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Interview Questions on SQL Server Database Mirroring
1) What is default port of Database Mirroring Endpoint?
Ans : 5022
2) Database Mirroring comes with which edition?
Ans: SQL Server 2005 SP1....
2014-11-17
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Interview Questions on SQL Server Database Mirroring
1) What is default port of Database Mirroring Endpoint? Ans : 5022 2) Database Mirroring comes with which edition? Ans: SQL Server 2005 SP1. Or SQL Server 2005 RTM...
2014-11-17
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Blogs
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
Who’s the Winningest Coach (with AI Help)
By Steve Jones
I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing...
Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
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Basic Always On Groups Randomly Stop Synchronizing
In one of my environments I have 3 pairs of Always On SQL 2022...
Learning From Breakage
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Python in Action to Auto-Generate an Optimized PostgreSQL Index Strategy
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Question of the Day
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