There are many changes in SQL Server 2005, especially for the SQL Server developer. New options, features, and changes in the way you program. New author M. Choirul Amri brings us the first in a series on the changes from the point of the developer.
2006-03-29
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In response to Sachinvaishnav's search for a better way to insert a sequence number column in the same table, I bring you a cursor free Sql server 2005 example that utilizes the new ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY) Function available in 2005
2006-04-11 (first published: 2006-03-28)
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2006-03-22
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2006-03-15
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Server 2005 now supports a more programmable error trapping convention in T-SQL code. This error handling is known as the TRY/CATCH block. The TRY/CATCH block allows T-SQL to handling errors like other programming languages, such as Microsoft Visual C# and C++. In addition to the TRY/CATCH block, Microsoft has expanded the set of available system functions in SQL Server 2005 for returning error codes and messages when an error occurs in your T-SQL code. This article will explore the new TRY/CATCH block and explain the new system functions for returning error codes and messages.
2006-03-13
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This procedure is useful to find the dependents on a particular column in a table and deletes the dependents like 'Index','Relation ships'.This is developed in Sql Server 2005
2007-06-01 (first published: 2006-03-10)
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2006-03-10
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A common problem in sql is how to calculate and process, for the current row, information that is based on the results (sum, product, difference, etc) of the rows read so far.A solution (we use) to this problem is to create a self join query based on the primary key using the condition of "greater […]
2006-03-23 (first published: 2006-03-02)
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mong other enhancements in SQL Server 2005, enhancements were made to the OPENROWSET function. This article illustrates BULK operations of the OPENROWSET function.
2006-02-23
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2006-02-21
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What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
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