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SQLAuthority News – Book Review – Joe Celkos SQL Puzzles and Answers, Second Edition, Second Edition

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Puzzle, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News
Database, SQLAuthority Book Review
Joe Celko’s SQL Puzzles and Answers, Second Edition, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) (Paperback) by Joe Celko (Author) Link to Amazon Short Review: This book is for all of them who enjoy little puzzles or just something which gives them challenge. Some puzzles took hours…
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SQL SERVER – Add Column With Default Column Constraint to Table

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Coding Standards, SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Just a day ago while working with database Jr. Developer asked me question how to add column along with column constraint. He also wanted to specify the name of the constraint. The newly added column should not allow NULL value. He requested my help as he thought he might have to write many lines to achieve what was requested.

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SQL SERVER – 2005 – Analysis Services Query Performance Top 10 Best Practices

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, Database, SQL Documentation
Analysis Services Query Performance Top 10 Best Practices Optimize cube and measure group design Define effective aggregations Use partitions Write efficient MDX Use the query engine cache efficiently Ensure flexible aggregations are available to answer queries. Tune memory usage Tune processor usage Scale up where possible Scale out when you…
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SQLAuthority News – Download White Papers – Migration from MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, or Microsoft Access to Microsoft SQL Server

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
Database, SQL Download, SQL White Papers
Note : Download White Papers by Microsoft Guide to Migrating from MySQL to SQL Server 2005 This migration guide explains the differences between the MySQL and SQL Server 2005 database platforms, and the steps necessary to convert a MySQL database to SQL Server. Guide to Migrating from Oracle to SQL…
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SQL SERVER – 2005 – Retrieve Any User Defined Object Details Using sys objects Database

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL System Table, SQL Utility
sys.objects object catalog view contains a row for each user-defined, schema-scoped object that is created within a database. You can retrieve any user defined object details by querying sys.objects database. Let us see one example of sys.objects database usage. You can run following query to retrieve all the information regarding…
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SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Nth Highest Record from Database Table – Using Ranking Function ROW_NUMBER

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
MVP, SQL Function, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts
I have previously written SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Nth Highest Record from Database Table where I have shown query to find 4th highest record from database table. Everytime when I write blog I am always very eager to read comments of readers. Some of regular readers are industry…
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