SQL Server isn't usually the best place to format dates or currency as strings. It can be a complex task to conform correctly with national and cultural conventions. Just occasionally, though, you need to do it. This is easy in SQL Server 2012, but if you aren't using that, what do you do?
2013-03-07
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A day of SQL Server training in the UK on Mar 9, 2013. Sign up if you can come.
2013-03-06
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emporary tables are created in the Temporary tables are created in the TempDB database, which persists for a particular session. The objective is to maintain that session, until the temp table information is used and dump the data into a physical table.
2013-03-06
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The recovery models of SQL Server define how different backup and restore tasks will be performed on your database. When choosing a recovery model,
2013-03-05
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Often, an existing database application must evolve rapidly by incremental steps. Alex describes a tried and tested system to provide an automated approach to deploying both new and existing database systems, whilst dealing with common security and configuration issues.
2013-03-05
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This tip I will explains a step-by-step method to perform the SQL Server Log Shipping migration.
2013-03-04
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A free day of training in Richmond, VA. Come along and see Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey and more.
2013-03-04 (first published: 2013-02-27)
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SQL Server developers and database administrators have the chance to attend a free half-day event, in Richmond, VA - hosted by SQL Server experts Steve Jones and Grant Fritchey.
2013-03-01 (first published: 2013-02-20)
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How to use a passed string variable for an IN type predicate in your queries as a way to more efficiently handle an array of strings.
2013-03-01 (first published: 2011-06-21)
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If you need to optimise SQL Server performance, it pays to understand SQL Server Statistics. Grant Fritchey answers some frequently-asked questions about SQL Server Statistics: the ones we somehow feel silly asking in public, and think twice about doing so.
2013-03-01
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DevOps is about shortening the system development lifecycle. Plan faster, build faster, test faster,...
A short blog post about an issue with Fabric Mirroring (with Azure SQL DB...
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I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an...
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