What is a good Disaster Recovery Plan?
During a Q&A session I hosted at our local Calgary SQL Server User Group last month, one of the attendees...
2017-07-19
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Born SQL with Randolph West
Be Wary of Date Formatting in T-SQL
Today’s public service announcement is a reminder to be wary of date formatting in SQL Server. On a recent mailing...
2017-07-12
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Balanced Power Saving T-SQL script
We can easily spend tens of thousands of dollars on core licences for SQL Server, and then we go and...
2017-07-05
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Where To From Fundamentals?
The Database Fundamentals series is now done. We started with understanding what a database is, and then spent a little...
2017-06-28
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Why You Need A Test Environment
In 2017, there’s no excuse not to have at least a testing environment, and preferably a development environment as well,...
2017-06-21
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How to write a DELETE query
My First DELETE Statement Here are the links to the previous posts in this series: My First SELECT Statement My...
2017-06-14
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How to write an UPDATE query
My First UPDATE Statement Last week we covered how to put information into a table using an INSERT statement. This...
2017-06-07
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How to write an INSERT query
My First INSERT Statement Last week we covered how to get information out of a table, using a SELECT query....
2017-05-31
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How to write a SELECT query
My First SELECT Statement Microsoft SQL Server makes it really easy for us to query tables. In SQL Server Management...
2017-05-24
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Querying a Database
When we want to retrieve information from a database, we query the structure with language appropriate to the database. Remember...
2017-05-17
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Blogs
The Benefits of Teaching
By Brian Kelley
Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of...
Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!
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I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive...
The Book of Redgate: What Our Staff Says
By Steve Jones
This image is from 2010, and it goes along with my last post of...
Forums
Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey with dbt (Data Build Tool) on SQL Server
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Putting the Player with the Number
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Your Security Checkup
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Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers