Don't Criticize Code
For anyone eager for a long-term career in IT Development, humility and tact are probably more important habits to acquire than demon coding-skills. Phil Factor explains why.
The Industry Problem
We have less people studying technical subjects and an apparent shortage of technical talent in the IT field. Steve Jones thinks we might have an industry wide problem.
Tips for Upgrading a Cluster to SQL 2008 - Part 1
This article describes my experience in upgrading a four node cluster with three active instances to SQL 2008
TSQL Challenge 69 - Find the most relevant advertisement based on keyw
Your job is to write a TSQL query that returns the advertisements most relevant to each web page given in the source table.
Webinar: Whatever your source control system - seamlessly link it to SQL Server
In this webinar consisting of 30 minutes of software demonstrations followed by Q&A, you will learn how to link your database to your existing source control system within SQL Server Management Studio using Red Gate’s SQL Source Control.
We will also give you an exclusive preview of forthcoming custom scripts features in the next version of SQL Source Control and SQL Compare.
Window Functions in SQL Server
With SQL Server 2012, we are soon to enjoy a full range of Window Functions. They are going to make for some much simpler SQL queries, as Fabiano Amorim ably demonstrates here.
First Impressions
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that examines the first impressions that you create when you meet someone.
Organizational Approaches to Master Data Management
This series of technical articles describes organizational approaches to master data management.
Using and Creating Mount Points in SQL Server
This article talks about the use of mount points on Windows server for SQL Server installations and shows how you can create them.
Blogs
Keeping Track of my ConEmu CLIs
By Steve Jones
I use ConEmu for my terminal interface. I’m still on Windows 10 at home,...
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers