The Perils of NewID for Randomizing Results
NewID() is commonly used in the order by to return the result set in random fashion. No idea whether its...
2007-07-09
922 reads
Service Packs and Support
More coming next week in editorials and already a note on the site, but support for both SQL Server 2000...
2007-07-07
646 reads
Latest Service Packs and Books Online
I was reading a new post at SQL Server Magazine titled The More Things Change(full version available to registered users...
2007-07-06
629 reads
The Video World
I wonder what you think of this: video shorts. I've gottne the Lockergnome newsletters for years and they've proven interesting...
2007-07-06
613 reads
Midlands PASS Chapter July Meeting with SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder
SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder Speaks on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Midlands PASS Chapter - July 12, 2007 Meeting
Sponsored by...
2007-07-06
786 reads
Cursors to Increase Performance?
I recently had the chance to look over a friends shoulder at a query that needed some tuning work. In...
2007-07-06
737 reads
Blogs
One of the suggestions I saw today was to add blogs to the user profile on the site and not...
2007-07-05
661 reads
70-444 Exam Prep Book
I just got my author copies of the Sybex book for exam 70-444 and have to say the book looks...
2007-07-05
748 reads
The Journey to Katmai
I wrote an article recently on the Journey To Katmai, looking at some of the new features that are coming...
2007-07-04
693 reads
Who said that breaking up is hard to do?
Some of you younger DBA’s out there may not know who Neil Sedaka is or remember his poignant words "Breaking...
2007-07-03
623 reads
Blogs
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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