Monthly Archives: May 2015

DATENAME

File this under the list of “I didn’t know that function existed”. So today I was looking to add the day of the week next to the date of previous and upcoming appointments to a report for an Oncology practice, … Continue reading

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How DBAs Can Adopt the Craftsman Mindset

I enjoyed this article, How DBAs Can Adopt the Craftsman Mindset. This quote jumped out at me: Recently I finished the book So Good They Can’t Ignore You, by Georgetown computer science professor Cal Newport. While the book is certainly … Continue reading

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CONCAT

So one of the things I have to do a lot in my current job is build web pages in SQL Server. SQL is not normally what you use to build web pages, but it is what is available to … Continue reading

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