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SQL SERVER – Select and Delete Duplicate Records – SQL in Sixty Seconds #036 – Video

December 19, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Database, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Scripts, SQL Server Management Studio

Look before you delete. This SQL in Sixty Seconds video shows one script to select duplicate records and another to delete them while keeping the latest row.

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Writing T-SQL With an AI Assistant: What to Check Before You Run It

December 17, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
AI, Best Practices, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Review T-SQL from an AI assistant for real columns, safe writes, index access, date boundaries, isolation, and rollback tests.

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SQL Server Agent Basics

December 10, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
DBA, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Agent

SQL Server Agent basics covers jobs, steps, schedules, proxies, and history so a first useful job runs with a clear owner and failure path.

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A Calendar Table With Holidays for Date Math

December 6, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Build a calendar table with weekdays, fiscal months, and American holiday flags, then count working days and find useful date boundaries.

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SQL SERVER - Concat Strings in SQL Server using T-SQL - SQL in Sixty Seconds #035 - Video

SQL SERVER – Concat Strings in SQL Server using T-SQL – SQL in Sixty Seconds #035 – Video

December 5, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Database, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Scripts, SQL Server Management Studio

A sixty second video on how to concat strings in SQL Server, from the plus sign to the SQL Server 2012 CONCAT function that needs no casting.

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SQL SERVER - Find Referenced or Referencing Object in SQL Server using sys.sql_expression_dependencies

SQL SERVER – Find Referenced or Referencing Object in SQL Server using sys.sql_expression_dependencies

December 2, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Utility

Which tables does a procedure use, and which procedures use a table? sys.sql_expression_dependencies answers both, with referenced and referencing objects.

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Why Opening an MDF File Directly Goes Wrong

November 30, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, Database, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Before you attach MDF file copies, check SQL Server versions, service permissions, and missing files, then choose a safer restore or attach path.

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