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SQL SERVER – Shard No More – An Innovative Look at Distributed Peer-to-peer SQL Database

November 27, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
NuoDB
There is no doubt that SQL databases play an important role in modern applications. In an ideal world, a single database can handle hundreds of incoming connections from multiple clients and scale to accommodate the related transactions. However the world is not ideal and databases are often a cause of…
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SQL SERVER – Sends backups to a Network Folder, FTP Server, Dropbox, Google Drive or Amazon S3

November 26, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Utility
Let me tell you about one of the most useful SQL tools that every DBA should use – it is SQLBackupAndFTP. I have been using this tool since 2009 – and it is the first program I install on a SQL server. Download a free version, 1 minute configuration and…
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SQL SERVER – Find Weekend and Weekdays from Datetime in SQL Server 2012

November 25, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server 2012

Yesterday we had very first SQL Bangalore User Group meeting and I was asked following question right after the session. This question is about to Find Weekend and Weekdays from Datetime in SQL Server 2012.

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SQLAuthority News – Android Efficiency Tips and Tricks – Personal Technology Tip

November 23, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News
Best Practices, Personal Technology
I use my phone for lots of things.  I use it mainly to replace my tablet – I can e-mail, take and edit photos, and do almost everything I can do on a laptop with this phone.  And I am sure that there are many of you out there just…
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SQL SERVER – Removing Leading Zeros From Column in Table – Part 2

November 22, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function
Earlier I wrote a blog post about Remvoing Leading Zeros from Column In Table. It was a great co-incident that my friend Madhivanan (no need of introduction for him) also post a similar article over on BeyondRelational.com. I strongly suggest to read his blog as well as he has suggested…
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SQL SERVER – Using RAND() in User Defined Functions (UDF)

November 20, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Here is the question I received in email.
“Pinal,
I am writing a function where we need to generate random password. While writing T-SQL I faced following issue. Everytime I tried to use RAND() function in my User Defined Function I am getting following error:

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SQL SERVER – Removing Leading Zeros From Column in Table

November 19, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Some questions surprises me and make me write code which I have never explored before. Today was similar experience as well. I have always received the question regarding how to reserve leading zeroes in SQL Server while displaying them on the SSMS or another application. I have written articles on this subject over here about leading zeros.

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