SQL2008 Full Text Search
Greg Low did an amazing talk at Tech.Ed about full text seach (FTS) in SQL2008. I hadn't had much exposure to FTS so it was good to see what it had to offer. I thought it was just an efficient way to...
View ArticleGoogle maps and surrounding suburbs search
Recently I found a wrapper around the google geocode API here. Which got me thinking about map coordinates of Australian suburbs and being able to do distance from or surrounding suburbs searches for...
View ArticleASP.NET Request Timeout
Had a long running process that was kicked off from an ASP.NET page which was getting the request timeout error below:Request timed out.Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 System Views Wall Poster
A wall poster of the SQL Server 2008 System View has been produced. You can download in PDF or XPS format. Very cool!Link to System Views Wall Poster (MS Site)
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Surface Area Configuration MIA in SQL 2008
Tried to find Surface Area Configuration in SQL Server 2008 just now and found that it wasn't there. After a bit of searching I found it inSQL Server Management Studio -> Server (right click) ->...
View ArticleUpdating text columns at subscriber of updatable transaction replication
Just a small gotcha with updateable transaction replication which I only found out the hard way, which is, Text columns are not updateable at the subscriber! Tar and feather me if everyone but me knew...
View ArticleLength of image columns - DATALENGTH function
I needed to find the length of an image column in the database. You can use the LEN function on varbinary columns but not image columns.The DATALENGTH function however does work very nicely.
View ArticleInnovative use of the SQL Server row_number() function
I came across an interesting use of the row_number function today. Say you have a situation where you want to select the first address for an account that may have multiple addresses. You can use the...
View ArticleAwesome SQL Tools
Attended Wardy's SQL talk this morning about SQL Server 2008 consolidation. Many reason's to consolidate not least that you can save on SQL Server license fees. A few very handy tools emerged that...
View ArticleAwesome SQL search tool from Red Gate
I found an awesome SQL search tool from Red Gate this morning. SQL Search 1.0, which is free at this stage, integrates in with SQL Management Studio and presents itself as a toolbar. Click the search...
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