2013-12-27
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Tools for development
Free Tools for the SQL Server DBA Part 2
After a very popular first article on tools for the DBA, David Bird is back with a list of some utilities you might find very handy for working with SQL Server.
2010-01-22 (first published: 2008-12-04)
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2008-11-21
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2008-01-11
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2008-01-04
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SQL Server Database Development Methodologies using SQL Compare
This 3-part sponsored article surveys several different methodologies for database development, examines their strengths and weaknesses, and illustrates how Red Gate's comparison tool, SQL Compare, can be incorporated into each model.
2007-12-20 (first published: 2007-12-19)
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2007-10-05
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2007-03-08
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Configuring Design DB for Team Edition for Database Professionals
This video by Richard Waymire will describe how to install and configure SQL Server 2005 to support Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals database projects.
2006-10-06
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Creating a database project with Team Edition for Database Professiona
Mairead introduces you to how to create your database project using the latest edition of Visual Studio Team System - Team Edition for Database Professionals. Check out this quick 10 minute demo to get a whirlwind tour of project creation within VSTE for DB Pro.
2006-10-03
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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