2005-02-22
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2005-02-22
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2005-02-17
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2005-02-14
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SQL Server 2005 or "Yukon" is going to be a major SQL Server update containing updates to nearly every facet of the program, including T-SQL. In this article I am going to explore some of the new T-SQL features, commands, and capabilities in SQL Server 2005. Because covering everything new in T-SQL would require an entire chapter in a book, I am going to cover some of the more useful and mainstream enhancements.
2005-02-09
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TRY-CATCH blocks in T-SQL allow error detection and reporting in a construct similar to that used in VB .NET, C#, and C++. The specific focus here is how TRY-CATCH blocks are used in stored procedures and where there might be some surprises.
2005-02-04
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2005-02-03
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Venkat Prasad discusses some programming techniques for saving XML data from Microsoft SQL Servers, Web Servers, XML Web Services, and Microsoft SQL Reporting Servers. Topics include a comparison of traditional techniques used for saving XML streams, using ASP/ASPX and COM, with newer ones using .NET Framework Classes—datasets, XMLTextReaders and XMLTextWriters, XSLTransformation, saving data from SQL Reporting Servers, and uploading XML back to SQL Server. (15 printed pages).
2005-02-03
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2005-01-28
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2005-01-26
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SQL Server 2005 has added a new format for queries called a Common Table Expression or CTE. CTE’s are part of the SQL:1999 Specification and represent further compliance with this specification by SQL Server. This article will cover using one of the many capabilities of CTE’s, implementing recursive functions. A recursive function is a one that iteratively executes itself. Understanding how CTE’s implement recursive functions is the first step to understanding the full capabilities of CTE’s.
2005-01-19
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By Chris Yates
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