SQL Split String Function (STRING_SPLIT in 2016)
* originally published in our old blog in August 2011 - updated with SQL Server 2016 reference
As a SQL Server developer you...
2016-11-01
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SQL Split String Function (STRING_SPLIT in 2016)
* originally published in our old blog in August 2011 - updated with SQL Server 2016 reference
As a SQL Server developer you are often faced with the need to...
2016-11-01
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t-sql random string generator
Note: originally published in our old blog on December 2008.
CodeProjectThis is a simple stored procedure that you can use...
2016-10-31
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t-sql random string generator
Note: originally published in our old blog on December 2008.
CodeProject
This is a simple stored procedure that you can use to generate a random string. You can use it...
2016-10-31
14 reads
Distributed Databases - One Way Synchronization
Applies to: xSQL Data Compare v7.0.0 – v9.0.0
Business Need
A very common organization of the data infrastructure for big companies who operate...
2016-10-27
317 reads
Distributed Databases - One Way Synchronization
Applies to: xSQL Data Compare v7.0.0 – v9.0.0
Business Need
A very common organization of the data infrastructure for big companies who operate in many countries and use some type of...
2016-10-27
7 reads
Syncing QA data with Production
Applies to: xSQL Data Compare v7.0.0 - v9.0.0
Nowadays, Quality Assurance (QA) is a very important part of the development process for any...
2016-10-20
639 reads
Syncing QA data with Production
Applies to: xSQL Data Compare v7.0.0 and higher
WARNING: this article focuses on the data transfer / synchronization task and does not address operation security issues and sensitive data scrubbing /...
2016-10-20
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Columnstore Indexes in 2 minutes
The standard way of storing relational database tables on physical media is row based, that is, each row occupies a...
2016-10-18
216 reads
Columnstore Indexes in 2 minutes
The standard way of storing relational database tables on physical media is row based, that is, each row occupies a contiguous space. The term that is used for this...
2016-10-18
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