2023-09-18
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SQL Server Management Studio
How to create a table using SQL Server Management Studio
In this article we walk through things you should know to create new tables in SQL Server using the SQL Server Management Studio interface.
2022-04-13
Explaining SQL Server Statistics with Playing Cards
When you run a query, how does SQL Server estimate the number of rows? I’ll explain in this half-hour video demo using playing cards, then showing the same issues in SQL Server Management Studio.
2020-09-22
New Preview of SQL Server Management Studio Available for Download
On September 24th Microsoft released the first Community Technical Preview for SQL Server 2019, which was CTP2.0. At the same time Microsoft pushed out a new preview for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) known as version 18. Now is the time to download this new preview!
2019-01-15
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Script triggers from any database in SQL Server
In this tip Aaron Bertrand looks at how to generate scripts for triggers using simple T-SQL statements. This tip shows how to easily build scripts for disabling, enabling, dropping and creating.
2018-06-07
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How to use a Project in SQL Server Management Studio
Matteo Lorini shows how to setup a project in SSMS to organize files.
2017-09-27
4,539 reads
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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