SQL Data Connection Dialog Source Code

Posted on Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

Whilst looking for something else today I came across this little nugget. Something that should  be handy for anyone connecting to SQL servers wanting to build a connection string at runtime.
Here is a link to [...]

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Recommended reading for anyone dealing with MSSQL

Posted on Friday, June 17th, 2011

I am not sure if I have mentioned this blog before but it is worth mentioning again anyway. I always enjoy reading the articles over at SQL Fool, I have learnt a lot there! The [...]

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SQL Server Management Studio add-in

Posted on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

 
I discovered this little beauty the other day, SSMS Tools Pack for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio from a developer in Slovenia. I haven’t had a chance to make use of everything in the package [...]

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Trailing spaces in strings – Clarion vs SQL

Posted on Thursday, February 19th, 2009

This topic came up at work a while ago when trying to perform database operations on strings containing a trailing space.
The Problem: One of our stored procedures was using CHARINDEX to search for strings within [...]

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Temp Tables, Scope and Clarion

Posted on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

I was discussing this with a colleague yesterday and thought everyone might be interested in the outcome.
Problem:
I was getting an error “There is already an object named ‘PK_SUPPLIERPRODUCTID’ in the database.” when trying to [...]

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