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SQL Server 2005 ranking functions - ROW_NUMBER()
ROW_NUMBER() is a new function that is added to the SQL Server 2005 T-SQL syntax. ROW_NUMBER() is used to assign ranks to the result of a query. The basic syntax is ROW_NUMBER() OVER...
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SQL Server 2005 ranking functions - RANK(), DENSE_RANK(), NTILE()
RANK(), DENSE_RANK() and NTILE() are newly added functions in SQL Server 2005 T-SQL syntax. Another ranking function is ROW_NUMBER() that I have blogged earlier.RANK() returns the rank of each row...
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Bob Beauchemin @ TechEd Hong Kong 2006 - ADO.NET vNext
Bob Beauchemin has just spent a few days in TechEd Hong Kong, giving a few talks on various aspects of SQL Server 2005 and some topics related to .NET development. He has also offered a full-day...
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Enabling xp_cmdshell in SQL Server 2005
xp_cmdshell is used to spawn a Windows command shell and executes a command line process by the operating system. In order to minimize the security risk of executing malicious code outside SQL Server...
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The module “actxprxy.dll” was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed...
The module “actxprxy.dll” was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80070005. ===== Solution ===== Most probably, what you are trying to do is [ regsvr32 actxprxy.dll ]....
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SSMS – Unable to cast COM object of type ‘System.__ComObject’ to interface...
I am working on Windows Server 2008 SP1 Datacenter Edition 64-bit, with SQL Server 2008 installed. After installing Windows IE8, I got the following error upon starting SQL Server Management Studio...
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Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800C0148; Protocol: SMTP; Port: 0; Secure...
After the installation of Internet Explorer 8 on my Windows Server 2008 (64-bit), my Windows Live Mail starts to prompt the following error, while the mail folders sometimes disappear. ===== Error...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 SP1 is released. Get your copy here!
~ SQL Server 2008 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=66ab3dbb-bf3e-4f46-9559-ccc6a4f9dc19&displaylang=en ~ SQL Server 2008 Express Edition SP1...
View ArticleWindows 7 Application Compatibility: Your Questions Answered (Part 1) –...
Date: Thursday, June 18th, Thursday Time: 11:00am Pacific Time Or, 2:00am Hong Kong Time on June 19th, Friday Windows 7, is approaching fast and from the application standpoint is very similar to...
View ArticleSilverlight 3 RTW (3.0.40624.0) is released
Silverlight 3 is released! Grab your copy here… ===== For more information ===== ~ Silverlight 3 RTW (3.0.40624.0) http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/handlers/getsilverlight.ashx ~ Install...
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SQL Server Configuration Manager – Cannot connect to WMI provider – Invalid...
When I am trying to connect to my SQL Server 2008 box using SQL Server Configuration Manager today, the following error dialog pops up… Cannot connect to WMI provider. You do not have permission or the...
View ArticleCannot insert explicit value for identity column in table ‘MyTable’ when...
When you try to insert data into a table with an IDENTITY column, the following error message may be returned. Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table ‘MyTable’ when IDENTITY_INSERT...
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Addicted to Ctrl + in Visual Studio 2010
The keystrokes [ Ctrl + <comma> ] in Visual Studio 2010 is used to navigate to your line of interest! … and, you should soon forget about what [ Ctrl + F ] is, after using [ Ctrl + <comma>...
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Installing WordPress using Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI) v2.0
Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a free tool that makes getting the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform easy. This includes the latest Visual Web Developer 2010 Express, ASP.NET...
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