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Steve Jones wonders if Microsoft is doing a good job with their efforts to patch SQL Server security issues?
Steve Jones wonders if Microsoft is doing a good job with their efforts to patch SQL Server security issues?
A little procedure to quickly product a script for copying data from one database to another.
At first glance, a client appeared to be violating a cardinal rule of data warehousing. However, Bill Inmon's further investigation revealed that perhaps their actions were acceptable.
Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
OPENROWSET is a T-SQL function that allows for reading data from many sources including using the SQL Server’s BULK import capability.
Steve Jones gives one last update on energy issues in the US in 2008 with a look at the construction and building industries.
Steve Jones gives one last update on energy issues in the US in 2008 with a look at the construction and building industries.
Steve Jones gives one last update on energy issues in the US in 2008 with a look at the construction and building industries.
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
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“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test; CREATE TABLE #test (id INT) INSERT INTO #test (id) SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs ; ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0; go UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1 UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2 INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test AS t WHERE flag = 0See possible answers