Tips for Upgrading a Cluster to SQL 2008 - Part 2
This article describes my experience in upgrading a four node cluster with three active instances to SQL 2008
SQL Server Ranking Functions
SQL Server includes a subset of four ranking functions that can be used to rank the rows of your result set over a partition. This article presents those functions and examples of their use.
Disconnected database development: solving a problem that needn't exist
A disconnected model is only really needed in the absence of a properly-defined database interface. We, as developers, create a rod for our own backs by insisting on treating a database in a way we wouldn't treat an object, let alone an assembly or namespace.
Financial Rounding of Allocations
When rounded detail quantities are created by an allocation, often the total must foot back exactly to the allocated amount.
Tabs or Spaces
Today Steve Jones talks about one of the classic software developer debates. When formatting code, how should you do it?
TSQL Challenge 78 - Parse single field into multiple fields
The database field contains long string with data for Quantity and Parts. The challenge is to parse the data into separate (Quantity and Parts) fields for displaying in a report.
SQL Saturday #128 - Istanbul
The first SQL Saturday event in Turkey, on Mar 31, 2012 at the Microsoft office in Istanbul. Sign up and come for a free day of SQL Server training.
Index Statistics in SQL Server: Stairway to SQL Server Indexes Level 14
A look at the information that helps SQL Server make better decisions.
Waiting for SP1
This Friday Steve Jones wants to ask a poll about SQL Server 2012. Do you think it's ready for your production servers?
Steps to Drop an Orphan SQL Server User when it owns a Schema or Role
What do you do when you need to remove an orphaned user, but they are the owner of a Schema or Role on that database?
Blogs
Excellent article on securing msdb
By Brian Kelley
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's...
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
When Do You Reach For A #temp Table?
I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than...
Forums
jdbc auth failing to sql from sap's cloud middleware CPI
hi , our business partner is asking s4 sap api's for receivable info and...
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How to Work with On-Premises...
Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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