Missing Temp Tables - Follow Up
Two weeks ago Andy challenged the readers of SQLServerCentral.com to figure out a small puzzle. Come see the results for yourself and find out who won some cash!
Undocumented T-SQL Tricks With Logs
An interesting feature added to SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 is the ability to purge
an error log through a stored procedure or DBCC command. In this article, Brian Knight shows some of the undocumented stored procedures to detect, read and purge an SQL Server error log in T-SQL.
Optimizing SQL Server Performance Using Files and Filegroups
Learn how to boost the performance of SQL Server by making proper use of filegroups.
SQL Server 2000: New XML Features Streamline Webcast
With XML support in SQL Server 2000, you can query SQL over HTTP with a URL, bring the data down to the browser, and manipulate it on the client machine. By adding Internet Explorer 5.0 to the mix and using XSL to convert the XML to HTML, you can lighten the load on your database server. Going still one step further, by using Vector Markup Language you can even create drawings on the fly using the data from your SQL queries.
Automate Writing Stored Procedures
This article by David Rabb from the June 2001 issue of VBPJ shows you how to build a tool that will build a select, insert, update, and delete stored procedure for each table in a database. It's a great example of how to use DMO and a great tool as well!
Answers to Steve Jones's SQL Quiz
Answers to the SQL quiz that Steve Jones used to give to prospective employees.
Who Do You Hire?
This article examines the hiring practices of Steve Jones and provides some ideas for how to choose between candidates.
Tame Those Strings! Part 5 - Using STUFF
The fifth part of Steve Jones's series on programming and manipulating strings in T-SQL dealing with STUFF.
Blogs
Do Yourself a Favor, Check Out Woodler
I recently was privileged to speak at SQLDay in Wroclaw Poland… man, I love...
Vertically scaling SQL Server online in Kubernetes
One of the new features in Kubernetes v1.33 is the ability to resize CPU...
Stack Overflow & AI
I won’t try to pretend otherwise, I’ve had some mixed feelings about Stack Overflow...
Forums
Analyzing Tempdb Spills and Usage Across Recursive Queries
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Creating a new API in Data API Builder
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Deadlocks and Backups - Need help
Hey everyone, please excuse my ignorance, I'm just .NET developer and have used SQL...
Question of the Day
Creating a new API in Data API Builder
If I run "dab init" to create a new API over a database, what parameters are required?
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