Tag Archives: T-SQL
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Using the OVER clause
2June 10, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Over the last few years I’ve learned quite a bit about different techniques in SQL Server. This particular one has …
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Easy way to generate a restore script.
Leave a commentJune 5, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Easy way to generate a restore script. I was asked today if I had a canned restore script handy. I …
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Pattern searches beyond ‘%string%’.
4June 3, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I was asked today to take a table with a social security column and put all 0s if the column …
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Backup a password, change it, then restore it.
3May 30, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
A couple of months ago I talked about moving a login from one server to another without the password. The …
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Using CROSS APPLY to calculate an aggregate across a single row.
2May 28, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve had CROSS APPLY on the mind recently. You could probably tell since its been the subject of my last …
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Using CROSS APPLY instead of a calculated variable
3May 22, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Earlier this week I posted The many uses of CROSS APPLY and I’m quite glad I did. I’ve been working …
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The many uses of CROSS APPLY
4May 20, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Over the last few years of studying SQL I’ve noticed 4 different uses for the command CROSS APPLY. In the …
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CREATE SCHEMA can do what?!?!?
4May 15, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
So I was studying for the 70-451 and ended up reading the BOL entry for CREATE SCHEMA. I honestly can’t …
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GO
6May 6, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Did you know that the GO command isn’t really part of T-SQL? It’s what’s called a batch separator. And in …
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INFORMATION_SCHEMA the un-sung system views
13April 29, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I spend a reasonable amount of time looking through various forums, answering some questions and reading the answers to others. …
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