Connection strings for SQL Server 2008
A set of different connection strings for using with different providers for SQL Server.
Fun With DBCC FREEPROCCACHE
Nearly anytime you see the command DBCC FREEPROCCACHE mentioned in a blog post, magazine article or book, you get some...
The Year in Review - 2009
Steve Jones looks back at 2009 and examines some of the predictions he made at the beginning of the year.
Using T-SQL to Transform XML Data to a Relational Format
More and more data is being stored or transmitted in an XML format. New author Nasir Mirza brings us an article that examines how to transform a number of XML structures into different relational formats for storage in SQL Server.
Running a Small User Group - Getting Quality Speakers
Midlands PASS is a small user group. We average about 15 people coming to meetings, which is good for Columbia,...
The SQL of Scrabble and Rapping
In which Phil decides to use a table consisting of all the common words in English to explore ways of cheating at Scrabble and writing doggerel using SQL Server. He then issues a SQL challenge.
The Year in Review - 2009
Steve Jones looks back at 2009 and examines some of the predictions he made at the beginning of the year.
The Year in Review - 2009
Steve Jones looks back at 2009 and examines some of the predictions he made at the beginning of the year.
The Year in Review - 2009th
Steve Jones looks back at 2009 and examines some of the predictions he made at the beginning of the year.
Crash and Burn
A recent crash of the popular Coding Horror blog brings the responsibility of backups to the front of today's editorial. See if you agree with Steve Jones and his take on backups and restores.
Blogs
The Intersection Between DevOps and FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
DevOps is about shortening the system development lifecycle. Plan faster, build faster, test faster,...
Fabric Mirroring doesn’t start copying Rows
A short blog post about an issue with Fabric Mirroring (with Azure SQL DB...
JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an...
Forums
PostgreSQL String Functions Part 1
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Working Better Under Pressure
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Identities and Sequences V
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences V
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can generate values before an insert statement is executed?
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