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South Asia MVP Open Day 2008 - Goa - Group Photo

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:51:53 GMT

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How to Compare / Test the Equality of two Queries in SQL Server

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:01:07 GMT

Compare / Test the Equality of two Queries in SQL Server using this short T-SQL

I KILL-ed you! Now can I go for a coffee break while you die?

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:05:42 GMT

Find out how long it will take for a rollback to complete in SQL Server with the help of a little know feature of the KILL keyword.

Transaction and Local Variables - Swap Variables - Update All At Once

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:37:55 GMT

Summary : Transaction have no effect over memory variables. When UPDATE statement is applied over any table (physical or memory) all the updates are applied at one time together when the statement is committed.

SQL 2008 FileStream - T-SQL,WPF, LINQ-TO-SQL

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:56:27 GMT

SQL 2008 FileStream, T-SQL, LINQ to SQL & WPF putting all together

OUTPUTing Data from the Just-Inserted, Updated, or Deleted Row(s)

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:53:24 GMT

Scott Mitchell discusses a little gem he discovered, which is the use of OUTPUT clause in INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and MERGE (2008) DML statement to get the effect of in-place triggers and more.

Custom user configurable SQL Server Profiler events

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:00:07 GMT

SQL Server Profiler is a well known tool for tracing different activity that happens between your server and the clients connected to it. But very few people know that you can have custom events and trace them in the SQL Server Profiler.

Data Refresh Failed

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:59:39 GMT

Problem Description: Data Refresh Failed You have configured Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to enable workbooks load in Excel Services. You have stored your data connection in a trusted data connection library and your Excel 2007 workbook in a trusted file location. You open the Excel 2007 workbook and you apply a filter or you choose to Refresh All Connections. Following error message is appearing: Unable to retrieve external data for the following connections: Connection_Name The data sources may be unreachable, may not be responding, or may have denied you access. Verify that data refresh is enabled for the trusted file location and that the workbook data authentication is correctly set. Refreshing all connections or filtering with an administrator account works without problem.

SQL Server 2008 - Cheat Sheet - One Page PDF Download

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:31:02 GMT

Very frequently I have been asked to create a page, post or article where in one page all the important concepts of SQL Server are covered. SQL Server 2008 is very large subject and can not be even covered 1000 of pages. In daily life of DBA there are few commands very frequently used and for novice developers it is good to keep all the important SQL Script and SQL Statements handy. I have attempted to create cheat sheet for SQL Server 2008 most important commands. User can print this in one A4 size page and keep along with them. This can be used in interviews where T-SQL scripts are being asked. Let me know your opinion and if you find this useful. Bookmark it for future use.

SSMS Tools PACK 1.1 - now with SSMS 2008 support

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:01:09 GMT

With this new version you can use it for SQL Server Management Studio 2008 and SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Express. Plus some extra features.

SQL SERVER - Guidelines and Coding Standards Complete List Download

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:16:12 GMT

Coding standards and guidelines are very important for any developer on the path of successful career. A coding standard is a set of guidelines, rules and regulations on how to write code. Coding standards should be flexible enough or should take care of the situation where they should not prevent best practices for coding. They are basically the guidelines that one should follow for better understanding. The concept behind implementing coding standards and guidelines, is that the consistency and uniformity in programming so that if multiple people are working on the same code, it becomes easier to communicate, share with or understand each other's work. With the goal of promoting good coding standards and guidelines I have created document which can guide developers.

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Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:08:21 GMT

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SQL SERVER - 2008 - Interview Questions and Answers - Download PDF

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:16:04 GMT

Interview is very important event for any person. A good interview leads to good career if candidate is willing to learn. I always enjoy interview questions and answers series. This is my very humble attempt to write SQL Server 2008 interview questions and answers. SQL Server is very large subject and not everything is usually asked in interview. In interview what matters the most is conceptual knowledge and learning attitude. I have listed all the series in this post so that it can be easily downloaded and used. All the questions are collected and listed in one PDF which is here to download. If you have any question or if you want to add to any of the question please send me mail or write a comment. Bookmark this first ever set of interview questions and answers.

SQL Server 2008 Top 10 List for Developers

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:16:03 GMT

Well now that SQL Server 2008 has shipped, Zach and I are starting to put the finishing touches on all of our SQL Server 2008 early adopter initiatives and move on to planning for future releases. Before we do that I have some unfinished business to take care of.

EntitySpaces 2008 - 09/15 Released

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:30:27 GMT

We are pleased to announce that the official EntitySpaces 2008 0915 release is now available for download. This will be the final EntitySpaces 2008 release. Work is already underway on EntitySpaces 2009 and we will make a blog post filling you in on the some of details very shortly. Major Performance Enhancements are just a part of this release ....

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Creating Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:16:06 GMT

This is the first ever and complete example for SQL Server 2008 - Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search. Make sure to book mark for future reference.

Introduction to Table-Valued Parameters with Example

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:19:55 GMT

Table-Valued Parameters is a new feature introduced in SQL SERVER 2008. In earlier versions of SQL SERVER it is not possible to pass a table variable in stored procedure as a parameter, but now in SQL SERVER 2008 we can use Table-Valued Parameter to send multiple rows of data to a stored procedure or a function without creating a temporary table or passing so many parameters. This is one feature all the SQL Server developer were waiting for long time. This article explains how it can be used with very simple words.

Introduction to Filtered Index - Improve performance

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:18:36 GMT

Filtered Index is a new feature in SQL SERVER 2008. Filtered Index is used to index a portion of rows in a table that means it applies filter on INDEX which improves query performance, reduce index maintenance costs, and reduce index storage costs compared with full-table indexes. When we see an Index created with some WHERE clause then that is actually a FILTERED INDEX. I am sure this feature will change how the indexes are created in SQL Server.

SQLServer2008: Workgroup VS Standard

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:04:25 GMT

You might be in doubt when choosing between SQLServer2008 Standard or Workgroup edition - here's a list of the differences bewteen the two.

Scheduling Jobs in SQL Server Express with Service Broker

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:38:15 GMT

"As we all know SQL Server 2005 Express is a very powerful free edition of SQL Server 2005. However it does not contain SQL Server Agent service. Because of this scheduling jobs is not possible. So if we want to do this we have to install a free or commercial 3rd party product. This usually isn't allowed due to the security policies of many hosting companies and thus presents a problem. Maybe we want to schedule daily backups, database reindexing, statistics updating, etc. This is why I wanted to have a solution based only on SQL Server 2005 Express and not dependent on the hosting company. And of course there is one based on our old friend the Service Broker."

SQL Server 2005 Express Job Scheduling - Part 1

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:33:49 GMT

SQL Server 2005 Express Job Scheduling with the help of Sql Server service broker and without 3rd party products.

SQL Server - Get Nth Highest using ROW_NUMBER() Function

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:10:05 GMT

ROW_NUMBER function was introduced in SQL Server 2005. ROW_NUMBER as the name suggests is used to calculate row numbers in the query result set. Prior to ROW_NUMBER developers relied on temporary tables and co-related sub-queries to accomplish the same, which often resulted in spaghetti code and overall bad query performance.

Completely Scripting a SQL Server Database

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:16:02 GMT

A guide on how to easily script out an entire database (schema and data) using the Database Publishing Wizard. A tool that you may not know you have access to. And if you have Visual Studio 2008, you already have installed!

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Configure Database Mail - Send Email From SQL Data

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:46:02 GMT

First and Complete article of SQL Server 2008 Database Mail configuration. From start to end - Complete article. Bookmark it!

SQL Server 2005 temporary tables bug, feature or expected behavior?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:59:39 GMT

Some unexpected SQL Server behaviour around temporary tables that is good to know about. If it can be explained...