TinyInt problem in SSAS
If you have a source table that has a Tinyint primary key column defined as IDENTITY and you create a...
2012-03-28
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Blog Posts
Transforming Event Log Data
Several months ago I described a solution for Delegated SQL Server Administration with Powershell. In the solution, the SqlProxy module...
2012-03-28 (first published: 2012-03-23)
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Unstructured Data in SQL Server
More and more of our data does not fit neatly into a structured, relational model of rows and columns of...
2012-03-28
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Why I am excited about SQL Server 2012 (Part 2)
Earlier this month I published a blog entry on this same subject. In honor of the local Minneapolis launch event,...
2012-03-28
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Exporting data to CSV file using SQLCMD/BCP
When it comes to exporting data there are different options available in SQL Server, such as SQL Server Integration Services,...
2012-03-27
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FILESTREAM and Snapshot Isolation Mode in SQL 2008
FILESTREAM and Snapshot Isolation mode are incompatible in SQL 2008.
In SQL 2008 R2 however...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173763.aspx
In SQL Server 2008 R2, snapshot...
2012-03-27 (first published: 2012-03-20)
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Inserting UniCode / Special characters in tables
Consider the situation where one needs to store multilingual data / Special characters into a table. For example Chinese characters or...
2012-03-27
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Powershell – Adding accounts to Local Security Policy
One of the challenges I’ve had over the years is figuring out a way to add the SQL Service accounts...
2012-03-27
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SQL in the City: Free SQL Server Event in London
Red Gate Software has announced “SQL in the City: London,” to be held on Friday, July 13, 2012, at the...
2012-03-27 (first published: 2012-03-19)
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SQL Server # Storing Hierarchical Data – Parent Child n’th level # TSQL
Introduction
Today, I would like to explain one way in which we can store the HIERARCHICAL data in SQL tables. A...
2012-03-27
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Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
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Question of the Day
ORDER BY alias
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers