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Using SASS and Compass in ASP.Net MVC with Web Workbench

The Designers of CSS never envisaged the demands that we make of styles. However, preprocessors such as SASS can provide the obvious missing features such...

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PATINDEX Workbench

The PATINDEX function of SQL Server packs powerful magic, but it is easy to get it wrong. Phil Factor returns to the Workbench format to...

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XML Data Modification Language Workbench

XML Data Modification Language (XML DML) allows you to modify and update XML data. When working with SQL Server Databases, this is the most efficient...

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Median Workbench

SQL Server database engine doesn't have a MEDIAN() aggregate function. This is probably because there are several types of median, such as statistical, financial or...

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Full-Text Indexing Workbench

Robert Sheldon continues his guide to Full-Text Indexing, by putting down his pen and reaching for SSMS for a practical workbench on Full-Text indexing. There...

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SQL Server Matrix Workbench

In this workbench, Robyn Page and Phil Factor decide to tackle the subject of Matrix handling and Matrix Mathematics in SQL. They maintain that 'One...

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Database Design Workbench – Keys

Robyn Page and Phil Factor explore the innocent subject of Keys for their latest workbench. Everybody knows about keys. Oh yeah? Phil Factor ends up...

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SQL String User Function Workbench: part 2

In which Robyn and Phil continue with their popular series on TSQL String User-functions. In this final episode, they pull together the themes from their...

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SQL String User Function Workbench: part 1

Robyn and Phil go back to basics and hammer out some basic String-handling User Functions in TSQL, based on Python examples. Plenty of sample code,...

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Getting HTML Data: Workbench

Robyn and Phil start their investigation into XHTML by showing how to use TSQL to parse it to extract data, and demonstrate how to turn...

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TSQL String Array Workbench

Robyn and Phil show how to use XML-based arrays to make string handling easier in SQL Server 2005/2008, and illustrate the techniques with some useful...

17 min read

TSQL Regular Expression Workbench

Robyn and Phil start by writing a gentle introduction to using Regular expressions for validation, data cleaning and data import in TSQL, and finally end...

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Importing Text-based data: Workbench

Robyn and Phil return with some fresh ideas about how to import text files into SQL Server, without resorting to DTS or SSIS scripting. They...

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Service Broker Advanced Basics Workbench

SQL Service Broker, an asynchronous queuing and messaging system for SQL Server 2005, is set to change the way we design and run distributed applications....

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Service Broker Foundations Workbench

SQL Service Broker, an asynchronous queuing and messaging system for SQL Server 2005, is set to change the way we design and run distributed applications....

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Crosstab Pivot-table Workbench

Robyn and Phil turn their attention to the bedrock of management reporting, the Pivot Table. Under Phil's 'wild man' influence, they end up with some...

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RSS Newsfeed Workbench

Robyn and Phil decide to build an RSS newsfeed in TSQL, using the power of SQL Server's XML. …

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XML Jumpstart Workbench

In which Robyn and Phil decide that the best way of starting to learn XML is to jump in and take a ride around the...

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SQL Server Grouping Workbench

A gentle lesson about GROUP BY on the Nursery Slopes develops gradually into a wild ride off-piste amongst the pine-trees.…

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The Helper Table Workbench

Cursors and iterations are both renowned for slowing down Transact SQL code, but sometimes seem unavoidable. In this workbench, Robyn Page and Phil Factor demonstrate...

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