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SQLAuthority News – SolidQ Journal Released – A Must Read for All
SQL Server is one of the most popular products of Microsoft and a large amount of quality content is available online. Solid Quality Mentors have together built a superior quality journal, which contains the best of the best authentic articles from renowned experts of SQL Server. When I downloaded SolidQ…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Win USD 11,899 worth MSDN Subscription 5 Days to go
Few days ago, I had posted content SQLAuthority News – FREE Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN. It has received tremendous response to them. This competition is still open for 5 more days. I am sure you can win the subscription if you leave the best comment. Win $…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – SELECT * FROM dual – Dual Equivalent
This blog post is for all the Oracle developers who keep on asking for the lack of “dual” table in SQL Server. Here is a quick note about DUAL table, in an easy question-and-answer format. What is DUAL in Oracle? Dual is a table that is created by Oracle together…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Identifying Statistics Used by Query
“Can I know which statistics were used by my query?” Recently, someone asked this question in my training class of query optimization and performance tuning. I really liked the question. The answer for me is very simple. “No.” Well, if I stop here suggesting only “No,” it will be an…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – SQL Server Quickstart Downloads from Microsoft
Here are few recent published by Microsoft. Application Platform Optimization SQL Server Migration QuickStart The SQL Server Migration QuickStart includes a comprehensive set of technical content including presentations, whitepapers and demos that are designed to help you get details about how to approach your customers who want to improve the…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Community TechDays, Ahmedabad – July 24, 2010
Dive deep into the world of Microsoft technologies at the Community TechDays and get trained on the latest from Microsoft. Build real connections with Microsoft experts and community members, and gain the inspiration and skills needed to maximize your impact on your organization while enhancing your career. What more… you…
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SQL SERVER – Datetime Function TODATETIMEOFFSET Example
Earlier I wrote about SQL SERVER – Datetime Function SWITCHOFFSET Example. After reading this blog post, I got another quick reply that if I can explain the usage of TODATETIMEOFFSET as well.
SQL SERVER – Datetime Function SWITCHOFFSET Example
I was recently asked if I know how SWITCHOFFSET works. This feature only works in SQL Server 2008. Here is quick definition of the same from BOL: Returns a datetimeoffset value that is changed from the stored time zone offset to a specified new time zone offset. What essentially it…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Two SQL Sessions at SQL Data Camp at Chennai – July 17, 2010
I will be presenting two SQL Server advance level sessions at SQL Data Camp @ Chennai. I am very excited for this event as I am going to meet my friends Sugesh, Deepak, Vidhya and Madhivanan at this event. All of them are SQL Server MVPs. I have come to…
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