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: Transact-SQL

  • TSQL Search for the Last Record in a Group

    In this article I’ll show how to get the most recent record for a group of records in a SQL Server table. There are a number of ways to do this including CTEs and nested subqueries. Since nested subqueries are the most widely supported across the different versions of SQL Server, I consider them the…

  • Steps Restore a SQL Server Database into a New Database and Rename it

    If you want to create a working backup of one of your production databases that you can use without jeopardizing the production data, you’ll need to copy the database in its entirety to a new name. In this article I’ll review the steps you need to use to do this (in SQL Server Management Studio…

  • T-SQL to Enforce Proper Case Capitalization

    This handy-dandy T-SQL query will take any input string and capitalize the start of each word within the string. It will also enforce proper use of lower-case throughout the string without affecting query performance too severely. This query assumes that you are working with titles, user names, or place names where you want to make…