The SSMS Super Clipboard (Day 13)
We’re all used to using the clipboard in Windows programs. You copy something into it with Ctrl+C, and paste it...
2018-01-13
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
Changing Case (Day 12)
In yesterday’s tip, I showed an example of changing a block of text from upper case to lower case. However,...
2018-01-12
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Block Select/Replace (Day 11)
While Regular Expressions lets us work with text not cleanly formatted, if you are trying to work with text that...
2018-01-11
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Regular Expressions (Day 10)
Have you ever downloaded a script from an internet site, only to find that there are extra blank lines between...
2018-01-10
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Multi-Server Queries (Day 9)
Have you ever had to run a query on multiple servers? You could connect to each server one by one...
2018-01-09
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SQLCMD Mode (Day 8)
Have you ever had a script where you needed to run parts of it on different instances of SQL Server...
2018-01-08
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Template Variables (Day 7)
Do you have scripts that you need to run frequently, but every time you need to set some different parameters?...
2018-01-18 (first published: 2018-01-07)
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Vertical Scroll Bar Map Mode (Day 6)
Have you ever had a long script that you are trying to scroll through? Do you wish that you could...
2018-01-06
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Working with Query Files (Day 5)
So you’re working with a query that you have loaded from a saved file. And now you want to open...
2018-01-05
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Pinned Tabs (Day 4)
Have you ever been working in SSMS where you need to frequently access one particular script, but you are spending...
2018-01-04
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
By DesertDBA
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Keeping MS Docs Up to Date
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I like about the SQL Server docs (MS Learn...
Patch Tuesday – Where to get more information
By Brian Kelley
For a number of years I have subscribed to Randy Franklin Smith's Patch Tuesday...
Forums
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to the 1st 21 rows?
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to...
Pivot but preserve all rows on Aggregate column
Hello Need help in pivoting this data set, the Pivot takes MIN/MAX on a...
any reason to avoid asking ssis to extract files from ftp
hi we have to replace talend which generally was used to move files. talend's...
Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers