Justin Cooney

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

Category: SQL Server 2008

  • SQL OpenRowSet Excel Query Returns Null Values

    In an earlier article I reviewed how to query an Excel spreadsheet from SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). I’ve found that this functionality is very useful, especially when working with data maintained by business users outside of a database system. For an overview of how to connect SSMS with an Excel WorkSheet, please see my detailed article covering…

  • SQL Server: Delete Duplicate Records Except the First Duplicate Record

    Problem: I encountered an interesting problem today. I had a SQL Server table with many records in it that I needed to clean up. Specifically, I needed to find all duplicate records in the table, but keep the first of each of the duplicate records. The table also contained several rows of detail information that…

  • SQL Server: How to Ad-Hoc Query an Excel Spreadsheet using OpenRowset

    Running an ad-hoc query from SQL Server SSMS to an Excel spreadsheet is amazingly straightforward using the OpenRowset command. Here’s how it’s done… For starters, copy the Excel spreadsheet to a location where the installed version of SQL Server can access it. This is necessary since your query in SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) will…