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Sorted views in 2005 and TOP clause
These examples show how You can circumvent the problem with not working TOP 100 PERCENT and ORDER BY in views.
2008-02-22 (first published: 2008-01-22)
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2008-02-21 (first published: 2008-01-09)
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2008-02-18 (first published: 2007-12-27)
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2008-02-14 (first published: 2007-12-20)
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2008-02-13 (first published: 2007-12-18)
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Change column type on constrained columns
Use this proc if you need to alter a column that is part of a primery key
2008-02-04 (first published: 2007-12-10)
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String Tokenizer with Complex Search
Sample solution to replace string in expressions with multiple delimiters.
2008-01-31 (first published: 2007-12-05)
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2008-01-29 (first published: 2007-11-23)
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Backing Up a DMK
In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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