SQLAuthority News – Best SQLAuthority Posts of May
SQL SERVER – Puzzle – SELECT * vs SELECT COUNT(*)
Earlier this weekend I have presented at Bangalore User Group on the subject of SQL Server Tips and Tricks. During the presentation I have asked a question to attendees. It was very interesting to see that I have received various different answer to my question. Here is the same puzzle for you and I would like to see what your answer to this question.
SQL Azure – SQL Azure Throttling and Decoding Reason Codes
SQL SERVER – A Quick Notes on SQL Azure
I was recently attending a small meeting where I was asked if I can share few things to be considered when designing SQL Azure database. Today I am sharing the same notes over here.
SQL SERVER – Copy Database from Instance to Another Instance – Copy Paste in SQL Server
SQL Server has a feature which copy database from one database to another database and it can be automated as well using SSIS.
SQL SERVER – Getting Columns Headers without Result Data – SET FMTONLY ON
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