Find Nth highest salary using RANKING functions
Suppose you want to find nth highest salary from a table,Then
you can use DENSE_RANK() function.Here i show some example that...
2012-12-19
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SSIS Precedence Constraint Tutorial
Recently we decided to create a series of videos for our SSIS Precedence Constraint Tutorial which is part of our...
2012-12-26 (first published: 2012-12-18)
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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (Dec 2012)
Here is the December 2012 version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2012-12-18
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Index Analysis: The Re-Return
A couple years back, I wrote a few blog posts about an indexing script that I use with clients from...
2012-12-25 (first published: 2012-12-18)
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Managing Schemas And Source Control For Databases
Visual Studio has a project type called “Database Project” that is used to manage a database schema and allows for...
2012-12-18
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SQL Saturday #143 - Washington, DC
Last week, I attended my very first SQL Saturday event in Washington, DC. Although I don't live anywhere near Washington,...
2012-12-18
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On the Sixth Day…
What better way to kick off the sixth day of pre-Christmas than with six slices of foie-gras? No animals have been hurt in the making of this post! This...
2012-12-18
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On the Sixth Day…
What better way to kick off the sixth day of pre-Christmas than with six slices of foie-gras? No animals have...
2012-12-24 (first published: 2012-12-18)
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SQL Server 2012 Cumulative Update 5
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2012 Cumulative Update 5, which is Build 11.0.2395. I count 28 fixes in the public...
2012-12-18
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SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Cumulative Update 4
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update 4, which is Build 10.50.4270. I count 34...
2012-12-18
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Blogs
T-SQLTuesday 204: Are blogs still relevant?
This month’s blogging party is hosted by Jeff Ianucci – his challenge is to...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
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Question of the Day
Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers