Merge statement- A simple way for DML TIP#105
When, I first saw this statement a Hindi proverb come to my mind which is “1 teer 2 nishane” . The...
2015-07-18
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Rajat Jaiswal-337252
Proper Aliasing will help you somewhere TIP#104
Recently, When we were delivering session on “SQL SERVER” one of the persons asked why we require Aliasing so I...
2015-07-09
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It is OK its NULL only TIP #103
We always take NULL very lightly. Like if we are designing database then whether it is necessary or not we...
2015-07-15 (first published: 2015-07-06)
2,711 reads
Microsoft MVP–A dream came true
Dear All,
“Microsoft Most Valuable Professional “ – MVP is one of the prestigious tag. It is one of the dreams which came...
2015-07-02
477 reads
A myth about view TIP #102
I don’t know why every interviewer’s favorite question “Can we insert record using View ?” If you say Yes/No the interviewer...
2015-06-20
525 reads
Bulk Copy Program (BCP)–A simple way to export data in a file TIP#101
Let’s consider a scenario where the end user require a CSV file of all the records in a table then...
2015-06-18
1,294 reads
Find all the dates in a date range ? TIP #100
It’s almost one month that I didn’t write anything on the blog due to some personal reason. I am really...
2015-06-22 (first published: 2015-06-12)
2,429 reads
How to hide my SQL Server instance in network ? TIP #99
In TIP #70 we saw how to find all the running SQL SERVER instance in a network or a machine....
2015-05-04
668 reads
I am not able to access my SQL server instance on another computer tip #98
On last Friday , one of my colleagues had some issue related to accessing of SQL Server instance of database server...
2015-05-11 (first published: 2015-05-04)
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How to send E-mail/E-mail with Attachments in SQL Server TIP #97
In last post, TIP#96 We have configured Database E-mail. Now in this post we will see how to send mail...
2015-04-26
8,592 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers