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Programming, Software, SQL, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012, SQL Tips, System Objects, Transact-SQL, tSQL

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

2016-10-282017-04-30 Justin Cooney

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 2014).

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Database, Programming, SQL, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 7, SQL Tips, Transact-SQL, tSQL

T-SQL to Enforce Proper Case Capitalization

2015-09-302016-10-18 Justin Cooney

Capitalize the First Letter of Each Word

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 sure that the first letter of each word is capitalized. Continue reading “T-SQL to Enforce Proper Case Capitalization” →

Database, Programming, SQL, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012, SQL Tips, Transact-SQL, tSQL

T-SQL Simple Example of Finding Records with More than One Entry

2014-05-132014-07-13 Justin Cooney

Here is a super-simple example of using a T-SQL query to find records that have more than one table entry. Continue reading “T-SQL Simple Example of Finding Records with More than One Entry” →