Arthur Fuller explores the value of identity columns and the usefulness of their arbitrary values and discusses ways to use SQL Server 2000's IDENTITY_INSERT setting. Despite your numerous ...

You don't have to give up using dynamic SQL just because you're using Entity Framework. The Entity Framework SqlQuery method will give you back the flexibility of dynamic SQL and still let you work ...

With SQL Server 2016, you can store JSON objects in your rows. Here’s how to work with JSON objects, including how to update them once you’ve found them. In a previous Practical .NET column I showed ...

Note: The DB2UTIL procedure is supported in order to provide compatibility with Version 5 of the SAS/ACCESS interface to DB2. It will not be added to other SAS/ACCESS DBMS interfaces, nor will the ...

Write-Host "Backup in Progress" $QueryStatement = "SELECT * FROM settings where setting_name='backup_path'" $Query = ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, ...