10+ tips for working smarter with SQL
The sharper your SQL skills become, the more robust and error-free your solutions will be. Here are a dozen practical tips to get you started
2009-07-07
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2009-07-06
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Generating Insert Statements
This article from new author Oleg Netchaev describes the cursor-less script used to generate insert statements. This allows you to efficiently and easily add data generation statements to your project deployments.
2010-05-14 (first published: 2009-07-01)
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2009-06-29
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2009-07-06 (first published: 2009-06-23)
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2009-06-17
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The Automated DBA: Batch Database File Grower - SQL2000 ReportOnly Ver
Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.
2009-06-19 (first published: 2009-06-08)
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The Automated DBA: Batch Database File Grower - SQL2005 ReportOnly Ver
Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.
2009-06-22 (first published: 2009-06-08)
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The Automated DBA: Batch Database File Grower - SQL 2000 Version
Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.
2009-06-25 (first published: 2009-06-08)
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The Automated DBA: Batch Database File Grower - SQL 2005 Version
Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.
2009-06-23 (first published: 2009-06-08)
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers