Why is my pivot query not returning any data? How to debug a PIVOT query
If you have a PIVOT query and it isn’t returning the data you expect, what can you do to troubleshoot it? The thing to do is to break it...
2019-05-21
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Ed Elliott's Sql Developer Blog
Why is my pivot query not returning any data? How to debug a PIVOT query
If you have a PIVOT query and it isn't returning the data you expect, what can you do to troubleshoot it? The thing to do is to break it...
2019-05-21
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How to delete a lot of data from a SQL Server database
How to delete data efficiently When we delete data from a table in SQL Server, we can often find that the delete is slower than even the original insert,...
2019-05-15
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How to delete a lot of data from a SQL Server database
How to delete data efficiently When we delete data from a table in SQL Server, we can often find that the delete is slower than even the original insert,...
2019-05-15
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How to load test a SQL database
How do you know whether a database code change is going to be great, okay or awful? If you want to test a new version of SQL Server how...
2019-05-08
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How to load test a SQL database
How do you know whether a database code change is going to be great, okay or awful? If you want to test a new version of SQL Server how...
2019-05-08
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Should I pluralize table names, is it Person, Persons, People or People?
Reading Time: 5 minutes (just do it!)
There is a lot of confusion when it comes to designing tables in SQL Server around whether to pluralize names or not. How...
2019-05-02
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Should I pluralize table names, is it Person, Persons, People or People?
Reading Time: 5 minutes (just do it!)
There is a lot of confusion when it comes to designing tables in SQL Server around whether to pluralize names or not. How...
2019-05-02
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DacFx how to get the data type from a column a discussion of properties, relationships and the TSqlModel
Reading Time: 15 minutes (it is quite hard going, but you need to know this if you need to work with the DacFx)
DacFx - Getting the data type of...
2019-04-17
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DacFx how to get the data type from a column a discussion of properties, relationships and the TSqlModel
Reading Time: 15 minutes (it is quite hard going, but you need to know this if you need to work with the DacFx)
DacFx - Getting the data type of...
2019-04-17
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