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  • SQL Date Comparison

    - by Derek Dieter
    When comparing the datetime datatype in SQL Server, it is important to maintain consistency in order to gaurd against SQL interpreting a date differently than you intend. In at least one occasion I have seen someone specify a short format for a date, like (1/4/08) only to find that SQL interpreted the month as [...]

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  • How to setup Ubuntu as a backup server for my Windows computer?

    - by derek
    I took my old computer (AMD 5600+, 2GB RAM, 880gt, 250GB SATA, etc) and decided to jump and try Ubuntu for the first time. I have very very little knowledge (Red Hat when I was younger) with Linux in general. My main desktop is Windows 7 and my plan is to use the Ubuntu computer as a file server sort of speak. I want to be able to setup back up

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  • Gracefully Handling Deadlocks

    - by Derek Dieter
    In some situations, deadlocks may need to be dealt with not by changing the source of the deadlock, but by changing handling the deadlock gracefully. An example of this may be an external subscription that runs on a schedule deadlocking with another process. If the subscription deadlocks then it would be ok to [...]

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  • Advanced subversion techniques, what am I missing?

    - by Derek Adair
    I started using SVN about 9 months ago and it's been a game changer to say the least. Although, I feel I'm still a bit lost. I feel like there is a lot more I need to take advantage of to really step up my application development. For example I would like to be able to quarantine any volatile/major changes into some kind of 'sub-repository' or

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  • Alter Index All Tables

    - by Derek Dieter
    This script comes in handy when needing to alter all indexes in a database and rebuild them. This will only work on SQL Server 2005+. It utilizes the ALL keyword in the Alter index statement to rebuild all the indexes for a particular table. This script retrieves all base tables and stores [...]

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  • Copy Table to Another Database

    - by Derek Dieter
    There are few methods of copying a table to another database, depending on your situation. Same SQL Server Instance If trying to copy a table to a database that is on the same instance of SQL Server, The easiest solution is to use a SELECT INTO while using the fully qualifed database names.SELECT * INTO Database2.dbo.TargetTable FROM

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  • Using Coalesce

    - by Derek Dieter
    The coalesce function is used to find the first non-null value. The function takes limitless number of parameters in order to evaluate the first non null. If all the parameters are null, then COALESCE will also return a NULL value.-- hard coded example SELECT MyValue = COALESCE(NULL, NULL, 'abc', 123)The example above returns back

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  • SQL Server For Each Row Next

    - by Derek Dieter
    It is difficult for me to write this particular article and I’ll tell you why. If you don’t care then just skip down to the example, but here goes anyway. It is very rare that you should have to perform looping in SQL. There are certain situations that do require it, and [...]

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  • Is Job Running?

    - by Derek D.
    The following SQL Server script works to determine if a particular job is currently running. This feature is nice to have if you do not want jobs to step over one another. I frequently will use this script as the first step of the job. If it is currently running, then the [...]

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  • SQL Insert Into Statement

    - by Derek Dieter
    The “insert into” statement is used in order to insert data into an existing table. The syntax for this is fairly simple. In the first section of the statement, you specify the table name and column names in which you are inserting data into. The second part is where the source of [...]

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  • How to Optimize Stored Procedures

    - by Derek D.
    There are many factors to speeding up stored procedures. Knowing these in advance can save you and your company many hours of headaches. Using these practices when writing procedures, you can turn your SQL Server into a fine-tuned machine. This tutorial will cover the specifics to help you tune your procedures optimally. Know

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  • How to Truncate the Log File

    - by Derek Dieter
    Sometimes after one or more large transactions, the t-log (transaction log) will become full. In these particular cases you may receive an error message indicating the transaction log is full. In order to alleviate this issue, you need to find the names of the transaction logs on your system and then shrink them. To find the

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  • Help with collision detection method [on hold]

    - by derek jones
    I was wondering if any of you could spare me some time to go over some collision detection on my platform engine. i tried XNA a few years back but for reasons i wont go into online could not continue, my health is now at a state where i am ready to try again but due to my current circumstances (and age) schooling is out of

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  • Gracefully Dealing with Deadlocks

    - by Derek Dieter
    In some situations, deadlocks may need to be dealt with not by changing the source of the deadlock, but by changing handling the deadlock gracefully. An example of this may be an external subscription that runs on a schedule deadlocking with another process. If the subscription deadlocks then it would be ok to [...]

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  • Facebook Oauth Logout

    - by Derek Troy-West
    I have an application that integrates with Facebook using Oauth 2. I can authorize with FB and query their REST and Graph APIs perfectly well, but when I authorize an active browser session is created with FB. I can then log-out of my application just fine, but the session with FB persists, so if anyone else uses the

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  • Monotouch threads, GC, WCF

    - by cvista
    Hi This is a question about best practices i guess but it applies directly to my current MT project. I'm using WCF services to communicate with the server. To do this i do the following: services.MethodToCall(params); and the asynch: services.OnMethodToCallCompleted += delegate{ //do stuff and ting };

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  • Benchmarking hosting providers IO with Bonnie

    - by Derek Organ
    Ok, because of a bunch of projects I'm working on I've access to dedicated Servers on a 3 hosting providers. As an experiment and for educational purposes I decided to see if I could benchmark how good the IO is with each. Bit of research lead me to Bonnie++ So I installed it on the server and ran this

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  • convert mp4 to flv. Adobe Medio Encoder Failing.

    - by Derek Adair
    Hi, I am trying to encode a .mp4 to a .flv I've tried using the Adobe Media Encoder but the video is lost in the conversion process, leaving me a black screen and some audio. I have yet to find something that can do this successfully for free. I found ffmpeg, which looks promising... but I can't figure

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  • How do I increase my home's bandwidth?

    - by Derek
    I just mistakingly posted this on Stack Exchange but don't know how to delete it... Anyway, I was thinking of building a home server to use instead of renting a VPS, because in the long run it would be cheaper. What I'm concerned with is the bandwidth limit of my house. I know when I'm downloading

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