An interesting use of T-SQL to run a stored procedure as part of a SELECT statement to get a result set to be used and combined with other tables. From Eli Leiba, learn how you can build a stored procedure into your queries.
This Friday Steve Jones asks what you would like to see in Standard Edition. Is there one feature that would make a big difference to you?
How do you check if you are a sysadmin? It’s fairly easy to do in Management Studio. You can go...
When it comes to the subject of putting databases into source control, Troy Hunt is no shrinking violet. “Database source control is no longer negotiable”. In this article, published originally in his Blog, Troy explains how to do Continuous Integration from a database that is in a Version Control System (VCS).
As I recently discussed, I often hear from database professionals who are not allowed to access their database servers directly....
What do you do first when developing a data warehouse? MVP Andy Leonard brings us a look at the foundation he uses, which might surprise you.
If the future of out IT works involves more ad hoc, swarming project teams, are you prepared? Steve Jones talks about social networking being something you might consider as a way to build some skills to work with others in a less formal way.
Getting at data within a .NET application can be straightforward using built in controls or much more complex through connections,...
Marcin Policht discusses ways to launch processes for remote systems using SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services.
Everyone knows that in SQL 2000, yes 2000, Microsoft jumped aboard the bandwagon of other platforms, and gave the developers...
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dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
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I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
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I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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