The OUTPUT clause
One of the features that I have been using quite a lot lately is the OUTPUT clause.
This clause can be...
2011-01-09
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Aliases in SQL Server 2008
Recently I set up replication and as the target server was not on our domain I initially used an IP...
2010-09-20
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SQL Server 2008 Surface Area Configuration
Ever wondered what happened to the SQL 2005 Surface Area Configuration Utility in SQL SERVER 2008.
Well you can accomplish pretty...
2010-09-14
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Naming Keys & Constraints
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This is pretty much my first blog post - at least on sqlservercentral.com - so to get started I thought that I'd...
2010-09-01
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The String Distance I
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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