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SQL SERVER - SSMS Does NOT Print NULL Values

SQL SERVER – SSMS Does NOT Print NULL Values

March 4, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL NULL, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Here is a very interesting question asked on the blog by Karthik. I really liked the question and I would like to discuss this here about SSMS doe snot Print NULL values. 

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What Is a Star Schema?

March 3, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Database, SQL Server

A star schema is one fact table surrounded by dimension tables. What facts and dimensions hold, why grain is the decision you cannot undo, why the data repeats on purpose, and a worked example in AdventureWorksDW.

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Subtotals and Grand Totals With ROLLUP and GROUPING SETS

March 2, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Group By, SQL Reports, SQL Server, SQL Union clause

Build region, product, and grand totals with ROLLUP, CUBE, and GROUPING SETS, then label subtotal rows and compare plans.

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SQL SERVER - Beginning SQL 2012 - Basics of CONVERT FORMAT Function

SQL SERVER – Beginning SQL 2012 – Basics of CONVERT FORMAT Function

February 28, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Joes 2 Pros, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Basics of the CONVERT FORMAT Function in SQL 2012: compare FORMAT with the older CONVERT tricks and grab just the part of a date you need for reports.

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SQL SERVER - Cycle Clipboard Ring in SSMS - SQL in Sixty Seconds #045 - Video

SQL SERVER – Cycle Clipboard Ring in SSMS – SQL in Sixty Seconds #045 – Video

February 27, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Database, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Copy and paste only gives you the last item you copied. This SQL in Sixty Seconds video shows how the Cycle Clipboard Ring in SSMS pastes earlier items too.

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SQL SERVER - Beginning SQL 2012 - Spatial Unions and Collections

SQL SERVER – Beginning SQL 2012 – Spatial Unions and Collections

February 27, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Joes 2 Pros, Spatial Database, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Aggregates are not just for sales totals. Much like a jigsaw puzzle, spatial unions assemble land coordinates together. Learn spatial unions and collections in SQL 2012.

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SQL SERVER - Beginning SQL 2012 - Why we use Code Comments - Abstract from Joes 2 Pros Volume 1

SQL SERVER – Beginning SQL 2012 – Why we use Code Comments – Abstract from Joes 2 Pros Volume 1

February 25, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Joes 2 Pros, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Why we use code comments: SQL Server lets you keep words in a query window off the record, so they are ignored at run time. An abstract from Joes 2 Pros.

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