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Auditing Your Database Changes

Posted on September 11, 2013 by

SQL Server can capture Database level Trigger information using XML.  I personally use this on my home PC’s because I’m poor and can’t afford one of those amazing DB Source control products that are out there on the market. I’m … Continue reading →

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Recursive XML branches

Posted on August 19, 2013 by

One of the main features of XML is that it handles hierarchical data structures.  I agree that so does SQL either using the hierarchy variable or creating a Recursive CTE.  but nothing compares to the simplicity  of the XML format … Continue reading →

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Reducing size of a nonclustered index with Filtering

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

SQL Server 2008 has a very nice new feature that enables a partial index to be created based on a specific where clause. I have recently used this as an solution checking a table that contained an isSent flag. by creating a … Continue reading →

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