Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #109
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-11-17
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Blog Posts
Quickly Add Telnet
Have you found yourself on a server or workstation that doesn't have telnet (typical in new builds and new Azure...
2014-11-17
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Thoughts on Speakers and Topics for PASS Chapters
After wrapping up my part of SQLSaturday Orlando this year I’ve been thinking on what if anything we might do...
2014-11-17
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PASS Summit 2014 Recap
Every autumn one can observe the pilgrimage of almost all Microsoft Data Platform specialists (SQL Server, Excel, Azure Platform) for...
2014-11-16
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T-SQL Tuesday #60 Roundup – Step Right Up
We had a great turnout for this months T-SQL Tuesday Block Party. Coming into this month and knowing that I...
2014-11-16
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How to fix: Visual Studio 2012 startup problem: The 'HDIProjectPackage' package did not load correctly.
After installing Community Edition of VS2013 with some additional packages i've noticed that my VS2012 starts failing to start with...
2014-11-15
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PASS SQL Saturday Events: December 2014
DateEventDecember 6 SQLSaturday #359 – Istanbul 2014December 6 SQLSaturday #351 – Lima 2014December 6 SQLSaturday #347 – Washington DC 2014December 13 SQLSaturday #356...
2014-11-15
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12 Things To Check With SQL Server To Prepare For Winter
Winter is coming! Is your SQL Server ready?
There you sit, watching TV, when you hear it: “Analysts are predicting massive...
2014-11-14
1,064 reads
12 Things To Check With SQL Server To Prepare For Winter
Reading Time: 8 minutesWinter is coming! Is your SQL Server ready?
There you sit, watching TV, when you hear it: “Analysts...
2014-11-14
634 reads
Default Framing–Window Functions
I’ve been playing with the window functions in T-SQL a bit, and I find them very interesting. They certainly solve...
2014-11-14 (first published: 2014-10-27)
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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...
Forums
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