Introduction to XML DML (Part 1) - Using the modify() method: insert
This is the first part of a 3 part blog which will attempt to show some different ways of how...
2012-01-16
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SQL Server Rocks!
Revised: Difference between collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS and Latin1_General_CI_AS
This is a revised post of an original article that I first published in December. Even though I thought that...
2012-01-09
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Retrieving position() value of node by using XQuery alone
You can only use the position() function within an xquery predicate and can't use it to return the position value...
2011-12-28
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FOR XML PATH using node tests in column aliases
I've used SQL to generate countless blobs of xml over the years and one feature that I have come to...
2011-12-20 (first published: 2011-12-15)
8,817 reads
Finding orphaned database users
Database users can become orphaned for a few reasons. For example, a database restore to another instance or deleting the...
2011-10-29
1,613 reads
Convert comma separated string to table and vice versa
I know that this subject has been blogged about numerous times but I thought I'd post an alternative way of...
2011-10-28
8,959 reads
Finding orphaned database users
Database users can become orphaned for a few reasons. For example, a database restore to another instance or deleting the...
2011-10-20
21,481 reads
Simple XML exist performance enhancement
I came across this really simple best practice from BOL for the xml method exist which when used will give...
2011-10-17
1,974 reads
Denali
Is all set to be officially known as SQL 2012 and will be finally released in....... 2012!
Announced at the PASS...
2011-10-15
734 reads
SQLBits9
SQLBits9 – “Query across the Mersey” was held in the majestic Adelphi hotel. This was my first SQLBits experience and was...
2011-10-10
895 reads
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
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I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
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dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
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Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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