It came as a surprise to many of us when Microsoft pulled from it's hat a rabbit in the form of an exciting, radical, language that offers an effective alternative to the Object-oriented orthodoxy. The creative force behind this language, F#, turns out to be a brilliant Cambridge-based Australian called Don Syme, already well known for his work on generics in .NET. F# has taken the specialised power of ML and OCaml and developed a versatile general-purpose .NET language. We sent Richard Morris across the road to investigate.

Laying out SQL Code

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Code formatting

It is important to ensure that SQL code is laid out the best way for the team that has to use and maintain it. Before you work out how to enforce a standard, one has to work out what that standard should be for the application. So do you dive into detail or create an overall logic to the way it is done?

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by Jack Corbett

SQLServerCentral.com

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I’ve been working with SQL Server for 10 years and have worked in production with versions 6.5 – 2005 and used...

Report Server Diagnostic Reports

by Michael Davis

SQLServerCentral.com

Reporting Services (SSRS)

Diagnostic report pack for SSRS that provides monitoring capabilities for all items on the Report Server.

What Do You Include in Your Database Maintenance Plans?

by Brad McGehee

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

A guest editorial from Brad McGeHee today talks about maintenance plans and his new book.

Data storage and retrieval for geospatial data in SQL Server 2008

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Spatial Data

The company I work for has migrated to SQL Server 2008 and we're ready to start planning for the use of geospatial data. One of the applications we want to use geospatial data in will assist order fulfillers in efficiently picking stock for orders. Our warehouse is fairly large, which geospatial data type should we use?

IN and NOT IN

by Seth Phelabaum

SQLServerCentral.com

Blogs

One of the most common mistakes made in T-SQL is thinking that these behave identically. I've personally opened up a...

A Search and Replace Script when Moving Objects from Prod to Test

by Ben Kubicek

SQLServerCentral.com

Recently Ben Kubicek created a script that would allow him to copy his production db to a test instance and correct the production specific SQL code in stored procedures and views.

Too Good to be True? The Story Behind SQL Search

by Simon-Galbraith

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

A guest editorial today from Simon Galbraith, founder of Red Gate Software talking about SQL Search, a new product that was developed in an interesting way.

Are You Running the x86 Version of SQL Server 2005/2008?

by GlennBerry

SQLServerCentral.com

Blogs

If so why? Honestly, I am curious why people may still be running 32-bit versions of SQL Server 2005, 2008,...

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Laying out SQL Code

What the Exec?

Report Server Diagnostic Reports

What Do You Include in Your Database Maintenance Plans?

Data storage and retrieval for geospatial data in SQL Server 2008

IN and NOT IN

A Search and Replace Script when Moving Objects from Prod to Test

Too Good to be True? The Story Behind SQL Search

Are You Running the x86 Version of SQL Server 2005/2008?

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