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: tSQL

  • SQL Server: Search Stored Procedure Create/Modify Date or Text using tSQL

    SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is a great tool for managing instances of your SQL Server databases. Sometimes, though, the fastest way to retrieve information you are looking for isn’t through the SSMS GUI, but through direct SQL queries. Case in point: if you want to search for specific information about stored procedures in your…

  • 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…

  • T-SQL to Return a Date as YYYY-MM-DD

    Often while writing SQL queries I encounter situations where I want to display dates. In the past I would write applications that enforced dates to be in the mm/dd/yyyy format, but more often than not this led to confusion and mistakes  for the users of an application when working with the dates. I am not sure…