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Function to return the SQL Version Number

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This function returns the SQL Build Number as an int. i.e. 7, 8, or 9. @@Version is great, but super long, and the formatting of the string has changed over the years. This helps me find out what version of SQL I'm working on in a quick and efficient manner. The script includes the drop […]

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2006-08-08 (first published: )

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Function to return the SQL Build Number

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This function returns the SQL Build Number as a nvarchar(20) string. i.e. '8.00.760' @@Version is great, but super long, and the formatting of the string has changed over the years. This helps me find out what build of SQL I'm working on in a quick and efficient manner. The script includes the drop statement as […]

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2006-08-09 (first published: )

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To move all the table data from database to xls or

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To move all the table data from database to xls or doc or txt files tableMany times we come accross to move data from database to external files such as word,xls or data files. Here is the script that move all tables data to specified files. Target file names are the table names. specify the […]

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2006-05-20 (first published: )

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Handling Conflicts in Merge Replication

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Merge replication is probably not used as often as it could be, mainly because of the potential complexities of this tool. New author Satia Madimchetty brings us a great article that simplifies one part of this SQL Server feature, the conflict resolution issues.

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2006-02-13

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Change Tracking Data Retention Options

If I am running this code:

ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=4 xxx);
What are the possible choices for xxx?

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