SQL Server DATE/TIME Workbench
The definitively "hands-on" guide to handling dates and times in SQL Server
2006-10-25
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The definitively "hands-on" guide to handling dates and times in SQL Server
2006-10-25
2,883 reads
Oracle and SQL Server are both database platforms built on SQL, but there are vast differences between them. Janet Wong brings us a tale of her experiences in moving from Oracle to SQL Server as a developer.
2006-10-19
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Whether you use the forums here or post questions in the venerable Usenet usegroups, there are some basic courtesies you should follow. Sushula Iyer takes a minute to list some things that might help you get your next question answered quickly and completely.
2006-10-18
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This script changes the physical, logical and file names of a database. It stores the current database until the next time the script is run, and creates a dummy database for the next update. The intent was to have minimal downtime even though the load (import, snapshot, etc.) may take a long time. Three copies […]
2007-02-22 (first published: 2006-10-17)
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SQL Server does a great job of handling concurrency & ensuring that users can make changes in multi-user systems without conflict. However there are times a strict calling order is needed.
2006-10-17
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Database concurrency conflicts are somewhat of a plague in software development because they're hard to predict and handle. Unfortunately, they're also hard to prevent.
2006-10-11
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Most of the luhn scripts assume that you are working with credit-cards and then IMPROPERLY calculate their luhn check-digit by starting at the left side (assuming that the core number is always 15 digits). However, if you don't know the length of your core number, then such an approach will fail when the length is […]
2006-10-10
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generates an runs a select statement to convert all th olumns of a certain datatype in apirticular table to another datatype:eg all columns of type int to varchar etc the sp takes three parameters namely the table name, source data type and detination data type generates a select query ad executes it eg: exec ConvertTableTypes […]
2007-07-10 (first published: 2006-10-10)
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Properly sizing your SQL Server hardware and testing application loads against them is a complex and difficult topic. Anthony Bressi brings us a great new article that gives you a systematic approach to performing your own stress test.
2006-10-10
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In situations where FK's have been created using the "WITH NOCHECK" option you can get into troubles because the FK-data is not checked ! (so there may be invalid data in the FK-column !)E.g. ALTER TABLE [dbo].[mytable] WITH NOCHECK add constraint [FK__USED_RESO__Actio__1162CF5F] FOREIGN KEY ( Action_Type ) REFERENCES [dbo].[Action_Types] ( Action_Type ) BOL states "... […]
2007-05-29 (first published: 2006-10-09)
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By Steve Jones
At SQL Saturday Boston 2025, I gave a presentation on local LLMs and there...
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The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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