Quickly Enabling and Disabling Constraints and Triggers
In some cases, you may have to be able to quickly disable all the constraints and triggers in a database. This article shows you how to do this with a few lines of T-SQL.
Simplifying Instead Of Triggers
Instead of triggers are a new feature in SQL Server 2000 which greatly extend the functionality of triggers. This article covers a basic introduction to Instead of Triggers and illustrates possibilities for their use.
Using FileSystemObject with DTS
This article will show you how to use the FileSystemObject to determine the existence of a file inside DTS.
SP_MSForeachtable - Life Without Cursors.
Is there such a thing as a task where you would not need a cursor? Hidden in the depths of the master database are a series of stored procedures that can replace some cursors with these one-liners.
Standing Back And Looking At Benchmark Results
What do the TPC-C benchmarks mean to the average DBA? In this article, Neil Boyle steps back and looks at them from a practical view.
Using DMO to Execute a Job
Using DMO to execute a job is a powerful technique that is easy to apply. This article by Andy Warren has all the code you need to do it!
Piping a Query to a Text File
The case where one has to send the results of a query to a text file comes up quite often. This quick tip will show you how to output the results of a query to a text file.
Prove Your Case and Win a Buck!
Your database design should be impervious to this documented behavior of the ADO delete method. Be one of the first five members to give a compelling reason why not, and take a dollar from starving columnist Sean Burke.
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Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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