tips and tricks Archives - {coding}Sight https://codingsight.com/tag/tips-and-tricks/ Blog for SQL Server DBAs and Developers Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:30:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://codingsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-Soсial_-Fb_180х180-1-32x32.png tips and tricks Archives - {coding}Sight https://codingsight.com/tag/tips-and-tricks/ 32 32 SQL BETWEEN-Smart Tips to Scan for a Range of Values https://codingsight.com/sql-between-smart-tips-to-scan-for-a-range-of-values/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:50:36 +0000 http://codingsight.com/?p=16031 SQL BETWEEN is an operator used to specify a range of values to test. The returned value can be inclusive or within the range. Or it can be outside of the range if you add the NOT operator before it. It works for dates, dates with time, numbers, and strings. You can use it on …

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GROUP BY in SQL Server: 3 Easy Examples to Group Results https://codingsight.com/sql-group-by-3-easy-tips-to-group-results-like-a-pro/ Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:56:55 +0000 http://codingsight.com/?p=16014 Grouping is an important feature that helps organize and arrange data. There are a lot of ways to do it, and one of the most effective methods is the SQL GROUP BY clause. You can use SQL GROUP BY to divide rows in results into groups with an aggregate function. It sounds easy to sum, …

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Make Awesome Lists Yourself, or GitHub as Notebook https://codingsight.com/make-awesome-lists-yourself-or-github-as-notebook/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 18:14:48 +0000 https://codingsight.com/?p=11363 This material was originally posted on Habr.com in Russian. The author permitted it to be translated and published on Codingsight. Perhaps, everyone has somewhere a file to keep certain exciting and useful things, like, links to articles, books, repositories, manuals, etc. You might use bookmarks in a browser or tabs, still open and waiting for …

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Seven Secrets in SSMS for Developers https://codingsight.com/seven-secrets-in-ssms-for-developers/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:47:37 +0000 https://codingsight.com/?p=10586 SQL Server Management Studio is Microsoft’s primary client tool for interacting with SQL Server. It is simple, and it has been around for quite a while (launched with SQL Server 2005). Still, it is easy to miss plenty of great features that can make the T-SQL scripts execution and overall interaction with SQL Server more …

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Automated testing of the desktop application: expediency and frameworks overview https://codingsight.com/automated-testing-of-the-desktop-application-expediency-and-frameworks-overview/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:55:54 +0000 https://codingsight.com/?p=8082 Introduction You have certainly heard about regression and acceptance testing. But do you know how much is actually spent on acceptance testing in a project? We can quickly get an answer to this with the help of a time tracking system like TMetric. On our project, acceptance-testing a desktop application of around 100 assemblies took …

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.NET – Tools for working with multithreading and asynchrony – Part 2 https://codingsight.com/net-tools-for-working-with-multithreading-and-asynchrony-part-2/ Sun, 14 Jul 2019 22:27:12 +0000 https://codingsight.com/?p=7421 This article comprises the second part of my speech at the multithreading meetup. You can have a look at the first part here. In the first part, I focused on the basic set of tools used to start a thread or a Task, the ways to track their state, and some additional neat things such …

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.NET: Tools for working with multi-threading and asynchrony – Part 1 https://codingsight.com/net-tools-for-working-with-multi-threading-and-asynchrony-part-1/ Wed, 22 May 2019 22:28:24 +0000 https://codingsight.com/?p=7027 The need to do things in an asynchronous way – that is, dividing big tasks between multiple working units – was present long before the appearance of computers. However, when they did appear, this need became even more obvious. It is now 2019, and I’m writing this article on a laptop powered by an 8-core …

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New Features in Visual Studio 2019 https://codingsight.com/new-features-in-visual-studio-2019/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:50:34 +0000 https://codingsight.com/?p=6782 Microsoft has recently released the preview version of Visual Studio 2019. Like all previous editions, the latest Visual Studio comes with lots of improvements and new features that are focused on faster execution, more productivity for developers and team collaboration. If you haven’t downloaded it yet, you can do it here for free: Visual Studio …

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SQL Server 2019 New Features https://codingsight.com/sql-server-2019-new-features/ Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:44:45 +0000 https://codingsight.com/?p=6220 Microsoft’s leading database is an essential tool, with in-cloud and on-premises versions providing incredible storage and analytic tools. It’s additionally turned into an essential application for data scientists, giving a structure to building and testing machine learning models. There is more in SQL Server, and the new release version can indicate where Microsoft thinks your …

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SQL Database Administrator Interview Tips https://codingsight.com/sql-database-administrator-interview-tips/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:11:02 +0000 https://codingsight.com/?p=5313 Interview is the most significant step of SQL database administrator recruitment. During the interview, a technical person or interviewer asks questions about the technical experience of a candidate. The purpose of these questions is to understand candidate’s experience about SQL Server. The answers to the questions will measure your knowledge and experience. If you cannot …

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