Generate list of all Month name
DECLARE @year INT
SET @year = 2016
;WITH months AS(
SELECT 1 AS Mnth, DATENAME(MONTH, CAST(@year*100+1 AS VARCHAR) + '01') AS monthname
UNION ALL
...
2016-04-11
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What is code coverage for?
Code coverage gives you an indication of how well tested a particular area is. It is not a measure of...
2016-04-11
447 reads
What is code coverage for?
Code coverage gives you an indication of how well tested a particular area is. It is not a measure of...
2016-04-11
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What is code coverage for?
Code coverage gives you an indication of how well tested a particular area is. It is not a measure of...
2016-04-11
52 reads
What is code coverage for?
Code coverage gives you an indication of how well tested a particular area is. It is not a measure of code quality and having a statement covered by a...
2016-04-11
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Unix Basic Commands
In similar context to my previous blog I'm providing a list of UNIX basic commands which you may find handy...
2016-04-11
662 reads
Cloud backup - MS StorSimple Applicance
In the previous post, I talked about how we can revamp the backup infrastructure for SQL to backup directly to Azure,...
2016-04-15 (first published: 2016-04-11)
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Starting with MS SQL Server
In one of my previous blog (https://sqldose.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/a-basic-introduction-of-database-tables-and-sql/ ) I gave a basic introduction about what is A Database and what is SQL. Now let us start with basic of...
2016-04-10
51 reads
Starting with MS SQL Server
In one of my previous blog (https://sqldose.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/a-basic-introduction-of-database-tables-and-sql/ ) I gave a basic introduction about what is A Database and what is...
2016-04-10
583 reads
XP_CmdShell isn’t Evil
Bonus summary: xp_cmdshell is limited to admins, unless you specifically grant permissions to users. And if you’re an admin, you have...
2016-04-14 (first published: 2016-04-09)
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Blogs
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Let's Talk Certifications, which is...
Force join by longest possible choice
Title pretty much says it. I want to join to a table that has...
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions IV
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^D', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers