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Dealing with Incomplete Data - A T-SQL Puzzle 1
Client data received for processing may have invalid records based on processing requirements. Identifying and dealing with bad records in a specific scenario is the object of this article.
Power Tools at Work
This editorial was originally published on Jan 17, 2007. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation. This one deals with data security.
Finding the Source of Your SQL Server Database I/O
There are a number of ways of measuring and identifying I/O-related performance information for your SQL Server database instances.
A simple math expression solver
Ben Kubicek wrote a recursive function that solves simple math expressions in a select statement. Read about this creative use of T-SQL.
Helpful Advice?
This editorial was originally published on Feb 5, 2007 and is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. Is this the advice you'd give, or take, in a DR situation? Steve thinks it's not.
RC0
This week saw the release of RC2 of SQL Server 2012 and marks an important milestone towards the next release of SQL Server.
New SQL Server AlwaysOn Feature - Part 1 configuration
SQL Server has produced some excellent High Availability options, but I was looking for an option that would allow me to access my secondary database without it being read-only or in restoring mode. I need the ability to see transactions occur and query the secondary database.
IT staff would rather pocket $100k than blast off into space
Red Gate survey asks would you take cash or trip of a lifetime?
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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