How to re-create database quickly
I was running some database unit tests and needed to drop completely everyhing in my database. There are really many...
2011-07-04
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SQL Treeo
Cleaner T-SQL with Table Value Constructors
Table Value Constructors were introduced in SQL Server 2008 and enables you to (not only) insert more records with one...
2011-06-29
959 reads
Instead Of Trigger and OUTPUT clause headache
It is known that you cannot get inserted identity values using OUTPUT clause when inserting to view which has instead...
2011-06-28
1,728 reads
Scripting dependencies of User-defined Table Types
I was using user-defined tables types (UDTT) quite intensively despite of their current disadvantages especially their forced READONLY behavior when...
2011-06-23
3,814 reads
Red Gate’s SQL Source Control and better SQL objects organization
Red Gate’s SQL Source Control (RGSSC) is very decent solution source control solution for database development. I am personally using...
2011-06-23
3,024 reads
Stored procedures vs. Do-It-At-Application-Layer-At-All-Costs
Many years back when ASP 2.0 (not ASP.NET) was used as primary server language for web application on Microsoft platform,...
2011-06-10
739 reads
Static or “global” variables in T-SQL using CLR UDT
I faced problem that I had many lookup tables like ProductType, ClientType etc. and wanted to refer to their values...
2011-06-05
1,759 reads
What is SSMS Addin
SSMS is abbreviation of SQL Server Management Studio, according to Microsoft description it is “an integrated environment for accessing, configuring,...
2011-06-03
700 reads
SQL Treeo – Create custom folders in SSMS
SQL Treeo is free add-in to SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) which enables user to create own folder structures within...
2011-05-25
952 reads
Blogs
Moving to Rancher Desktop
By Steve Jones
I’ve been very happy with Docker Desktop for years, running it on both laptop...
Logging in Azure Data Factory data flows
By Rayis Imayev
(2025-June-15) Long gone are the days when a data engineer could simply focus on building...
ADF: Publish suddenly includes everything where it used to be incremental changes since the last publish
By Ed Elliott
I recently encountered an interesting issue with ADF where the publish feature suddenly attempted...
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disable remote access
If I configure remote access to 0 on my servers, am I right in...
Creating Maintenance plan to run annually
What is the best way to set the schedule of a maintenance plan or...
Crosstabs and Pre-Aggregations - Reporting on Steroids by Jeff Moden
The LA Data Platform User Group had a necessary speaker cancellation for the group...
Question of the Day
How Many Can Be the Greatest
I am trying to analyze a number of columns in a large table to determine the highest value for each row. In SQL Server 2022, we have the GREATEST function, which will return the greatest value from those columns passed in. How many columns can I include in an expression like this:
select GREATEST( col1, col2, col3, ...)See possible answers