Welcome IIF() to SQL Server Family
IIF() function is new to SQL Server family of functions. It is a brand new logical function being introduced with...
2012-04-18
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Blog Posts
Backup Database Object
I saw this question in one of forums on backing up i.e. scripting out a database object. The problem is...
2012-04-17
1,823 reads
Better Living Thru Powershell: Update Statistics in Parallel
As part of a project I’m currently involved with, we’re migrating a database to SQL Server 2008 and performing some...
2012-04-17 (first published: 2012-04-12)
2,842 reads
Book Review: American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company ($18 at Amazon) was a good read, with...
2012-04-17
780 reads
Choosing the Right Microsoft Reporting Technology Part 5: Power View
In part five of this on going series about choosing the right reporting tool we will discuss the newest of...
2012-04-17
1,629 reads
ColoradoSQL–April 2012
All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 p.m. and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend...
2012-04-17
839 reads
Execute T-SQL Statement Task
I spotted a new task in SSIS 2012 – Execute T-SQL Statement Task. It executes T-SQL statements, only Transact-SQL statements against...
2012-04-17
1,194 reads
Let’s Meetup [Updated]!
I have a confession to make. I like to meet people who also work with SQL Server. There are so...
2012-04-17
696 reads
Listing SQL Instances on a machine (or list of machines)
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Recently I was updating some of my Powershell scripts for managing SQL SERVER instances.
Generally, when writing a Powershell script to...
2012-04-17
5,757 reads
Merge Command In Sql Server
Merge Command:- Merge command is a new feature introduced in the SQL Server 2008. It can perform Update, Insert and...
2012-04-17
1,753 reads
Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
select bit_count(null)See possible answers