Awesome new features in SQL Server 2011 “Denali”: IIF and CHOOSE functions
SQL Server 2011 “Denali” introduces two new features for flow control which may help you to keep your T-SQL cleaner than...
2011-08-02
611 reads
SQL Treeo
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly SQL Cursor types
T-SQL cursors are generally bad approach and are often misused. In today’s world of correlated subqueries, CTE’s, recursive CTE’s, ranking...
2011-07-30
1,935 reads
SQL Azure – simple description, part I.
I was studying SQL Azure parameters some time ago and found out that there are no materials which tell you...
2011-07-29
1,763 reads
T-SQL refactoring
Keeping your SQL objects’ naming rules during furious development is hard. New levels of information are added continuously, entities are...
2011-07-28
2,731 reads
Fastest row counting method
SELECT COUNT(*) is most common method (and exact) how to find out how many records is in table. There is...
2011-07-26
6,366 reads
Partial name matching in SQL Server 2011 “Denali”
While playing with SQL Server 2011 “Denali”, I’ve accidentally found out that it has slightly enhanced intellisense in SSMS. There...
2011-07-21
1,379 reads
Article: How to use temporary table in function
Steve Jones from voiceofthedba.com, editor on SQLServerCentral.com gave me an opportunity to publish humble article about workaround solution for using...
2011-07-21
493 reads
Custom folders SSMS Add-In slightly delayed
I am desperately trying to finalize this add-in and it is very very close. I was performing another testing on...
2011-07-17
535 reads
SQL Injection is still actual :)
Here are two samples showing that SQL Injection is still here and dangerous !!!
source:xkcd.com
This use case is especially insidious
2011-07-16
664 reads
Tracking table changes seamlessly with Change Data Capture (CDC)
I am going to describe quite forgotten feature in SQL Server 2008. It is Change Data Capture (CDC) – powerful feature...
2011-07-15
2,473 reads
Blogs
Simplify Kubernetes Security With Kyverno and OPA Gatekeeper
Here’s how these tools can make Kubernetes security easier and help you avoid common...
A New Word: Lackout
By Steve Jones
lackout – n. the sudden awareness that you’re finally over someone, noticing that the...
Delta Lake over Spark Connect
By Ed Elliott
All Spark Connect Posts I have just finished an update for the spark connect dotnet...
Forums
Shades and Reflecting on SQLBits and the Bright Future of Data
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Shades and Reflecting on SQLBits...
Merge techniques
In Azure SQL DB, i want to merge records from the staging table to...
SSRS error: The Value for the image 'Image1' has a constant value...
Full error message: SSRS error: The Value for the image 'Image1' has a constant...
Question of the Day
Adding Defaults
I have a table, called dbo.logger, in SQL Server 2022. I decide to add two new columns to this table with this code.
ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD CreateDate DATETIME CONSTRAINT dfGetDate DEFAULT GETDATE() GO ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD ModifyDate DATETIME DEFAULT dfGetDate GOWhat happens when I run these two batches? See possible answers