Using the OVER clause
Over the last few years I’ve learned quite a bit about different techniques in SQL Server. This particular one has...
2013-06-10
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SQLStudies
Easy way to generate a restore script.
Easy way to generate a restore script.
I was asked today if I had a canned restore script handy. I don’t....
2013-06-05
996 reads
Pattern searches beyond ‘%string%’.
I was asked today to take a table with a social security column and put all 0s if the column...
2013-06-03
905 reads
Backup a password, change it, then restore it.
A couple of months ago I talked about moving a login from one server to another without the password. The...
2013-06-05 (first published: 2013-05-30)
2,339 reads
Using CROSS APPLY to calculate an aggregate across a single row.
I’ve had CROSS APPLY on the mind recently. You could probably tell since its been the subject of my last...
2013-05-28
1,468 reads
Using CROSS APPLY instead of a calculated variable
Earlier this week I posted The many uses of CROSS APPLY and I’m quite glad I did. I’ve been working...
2013-05-22
871 reads
The many uses of CROSS APPLY
Over the last few years of studying SQL I’ve noticed 4 different uses for the command CROSS APPLY.
In the first...
2013-05-23 (first published: 2013-05-20)
21,506 reads
CREATE SCHEMA can do what?!?!?
So I was studying for the 70-451 and ended up reading the BOL entry for CREATE SCHEMA. I honestly can’t...
2013-05-21 (first published: 2013-05-15)
4,122 reads
Dragging a name from the object explorer to a query window
In the same vein as Steve Jones’ series on Customizing SSMS this is a fairly basic trick, but one that...
2013-05-16 (first published: 2013-05-13)
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2013-05-08
1,349 reads
Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Lots of FKs
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Can You Let Go of Determinism
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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