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  • RE: Certification Practice Exams

    I've used Measureup before and certainly liked them. Unfortunately they only have exams for the 70-461 & 70-462 so far. I've also checked Transcender and they only have...

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  • RE: An Introduction to the SQLCMD Mode in SSMS (SQL Spackle)

    Nice job introducing SQLCMD. I spent several hours this weekend trying to write up an intro to SQLCMD myself. You did a much better job than I was...

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  • RE: Master Database

    You can use the object property isMSShipped to help you find user created objects.

    SELECT *

    FROM sys.objects

    WHERE objectproperty(object_id, 'ismsshipped')=0

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  • RE: Forum Etiquette: How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help

    Sean Lange (3/27/2013)


    churlbut (3/27/2013)


    Seems like this article is like old news, not only do I see this mentioned quite often in forums when I have time to check questions, but...

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  • RE: Forum Etiquette: How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help

    Sean Lange (3/27/2013)


    Lowell (3/27/2013)


    OK i now see that SQLFiddle is for MySQL, not SQL Server;

    i guess it is some kind of front end tester, where you can build a temporary...

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  • RE: SQLServerCentral Runs sp_Blitz - Security

    This worked on all of the instances I tried it on.

    declare @value varchar(max)

    EXEC master..xp_regread

    @rootkey = 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE',

    @key = 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server',

    @value_name = 'InstalledInstances',

    @value = @value OUTPUT

    It...

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  • RE: SQLServerCentral Runs sp_Blitz - Security

    Could you use xp_regread or something similar?

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  • RE: need help fixing the table to get the desired output

    SELECT *

    FROM @Table T

    WHERE PID IN (SELECT PID FROM @table

    GROUP BY PID

    HAVING COUNT(PID) > 1

    AND COUNT(DISTINCT JID) > 1)

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  • RE: sp_ExecuteSQL View Creation

    This won't really help fix your problem, but my guess (and it's nothing more than an educated guess) is that when you pass in parameters sp_executesql automatically adds code to...

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  • RE: Catch Data between symbols in SQL

    You know I was about to reply with a query to parse the string out but then noticed this in Sean's signature.

    Need to split a string? Try Jeff Moden's splitter[/url].

    I...

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  • RE: Trigger with where clause

    CREATE TRIGGER Triggername

    ON TableName AFTER INSERT

    IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM Inserted WHERE Column IS NOT NULL)

    -- Inserted view only exists inside of triggers.

    BEGIN

    --- Write code here

    END

    CREATE TRIGGER...

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  • RE: Clustered Index affecting DELETE

    You say this column is used in the clustered index. Is it the only column in the clustered index or are there others? If so is the identity...

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  • RE: Issue with collation conflict and union join

    Just remember that COLLATE only works on character columns.

    I would still double check that your servers & databases have the same collation across dev/test/prod. Otherwise you are...

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  • RE: Issue with collation conflict and union join

    I would make sure that your production collations are the same as your test ones. IE run the same test, dumping the top 0 into a table and running...

    Kenneth FisherI was once offered a wizards hat but it got in the way of my dunce cap.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/[/url]For better answers on performance questions, click on the following... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/[/url]Link to my Blog Post --> www.SQLStudies.com[/url]

  • RE: Issue with collation conflict and union join

    You can read quite a bit about collation in BOL but basically your result sets from the two queries have at least one column with a different collation. In...

    Kenneth FisherI was once offered a wizards hat but it got in the way of my dunce cap.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------For better, quicker answers on T-SQL questions, click on the following... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/[/url]For better answers on performance questions, click on the following... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/66909/[/url]Link to my Blog Post --> www.SQLStudies.com[/url]

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