Justin Cooney

Web Development Tips and Examples

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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

  • T-SQL – Find Where Table Data is Stored

    In this article  I will expand on an article I wrote earlier about how to search through all of the columns in each table in your database for a particular piece of information. In the example in this article I have: Modified my previous example query to search through columns of all datatypes rather than…

  • T-SQL – Compare Stored Procedure Versions Between Two Databases

    If you have several different versions of the same database then you will want to be able to check for differences in the objects between the databases. You can quickly and easily do so using SQL Server’s sys.objects or if you are specifically looking up stored procedures, SQL Server’s sys.procedures system views. Let’s take an example use case…

  • T-SQL – Get a Historical Record of SQL Statements Hitting a Table

    Today I’ll review two useful queries that you can use to get information from SQL Server about what SQL statements are hitting one or more of your database tables. If you are interested in further T-SQL tips and tricks, please have a look through related articles I have written.