Upgrade or Wait
Lots of debate and disagreement on my recommendation to wait for SQL
Server 2008 instead of upgrading to SQL Server 2005...
2007-07-11
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Lots of debate and disagreement on my recommendation to wait for SQL
Server 2008 instead of upgrading to SQL Server 2005...
2007-07-11
1,453 reads
Just when I was about to start a pool for the release date, Microsoft announced today it will release on...
2007-07-10
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Despite my casual approach to the editorials and my job, this is still
something of a business and Red Gate wants...
2007-07-10
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I haven't posted much lately, but it has been a busy few months with many family activities. At work, I...
2007-07-09
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I've been doing a lot with DDL triggers in the last week or so and pulling out the relevant information...
2007-07-09
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NewID() is commonly used in the order by to return the result set in random fashion. No idea whether its...
2007-07-09
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Browsing MSDN this morning and saw the note that they now have Wiki support. If done well it could be...
2007-07-09
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More coming next week in editorials and already a note on the site, but support for both SQL Server 2000...
2007-07-07
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I recently had the chance to look over a friends shoulder at a query that needed some tuning work. In...
2007-07-06
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I was reading a new post at SQL Server Magazine titled The More Things Change(full version available to registered users...
2007-07-06
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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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I've got a web application for my side business. I've added a SQL Server...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Looking for New Blood
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