2017-04-21
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T-SQL
2017-04-14
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Nuance of datetime data type in SQL Server
One of the most confusing data types in SQL Server is the datetime datatype.
2017-04-13
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2017-04-06
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2017-03-23
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Adding Years, Months and Days
Adding Years, Months and Days to Years, Months and Days, with Bonus UK Public Holiday calculation.
2017-03-14
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2017-03-02
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2017-02-28
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Building calendar table using MTVF
This script is a small extension to this excellent article
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/calendar/145206/
2019-10-04 (first published: 2017-02-21)
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Getting resource content from blocked process report
This script serves to display the content of the waiting resource. It is divided in two parts. In first one I'm using t-sql, and in second one I accomplished the same task using SQLCRL.
2019-10-04 (first published: 2017-02-21)
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
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