Function for End of Month

Did you have a requirement  of getting last date of the month by passing any date. I can remember I had this requirement during SQL Server 2000 days, in a HR system.

If you search for this in Google followings are the results.

There are around 2,350,000 results!. In these results, there you might they have used DATEDIFF and DATEADD functions.

With Denali CTP3 (not sure whether this was there in CTP1) new function called EOMonth is included. Now it is simply matter of passing date.

You can see the a syntax in the following image. Point to note here is there is no execution plan differences between this version and the previous. So only difference will be the usability,

MongoDB @Refresh Colombo

This is my first presetion on MongoDB in public. I did few presentation in office before this on same subject and written two articles to office Magazine. One of those articles won the best article award. So let's see how this will go @RefreshColombo

SQL Server Code Name "Denali"

SQL Server Code Name "Denali"

Are You Using SSMS effectively ?

SQL Server Management Studio is an essential tool for DBAs and developers. But are you using it effectively? In this article, I will try examine a few tips and techniques which could well boost your efficiency using SSMS.

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SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Released

SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 release was not much highlighted since Denali CTP3 is making all the headlines.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 delivers hotfix solutions from SQL Server 2008 CU 1 to CU 6 in addition to resolving to customer requests with key security and supportability issues. SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 has also seen 8% less bugs requiring resolution within the Service Pack scope when compared with SQL Server 2008 SP1.

Related Links:

·        Download SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

·        Download SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Express

·        Download SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Feature Packs

·        Knowledge Base Article for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

Denali CTP3 Now Available

Much anticipated Denali CTP3 is now available for download from Microsoft. This is the third Community Technology Preview of codenamed Denali.

According to Microsoft, SQL Server 2012 codenamed Denali will enable customers to:
“•Deliver required uptime and data protection with AlwaysOn
•Gain breakthrough & predictable performance with Project Apollo
•Help enable security and compliance with new User-defined Roles and Default Schema for Groups
•Enable rapid data discovery for deeper insights across the organization with Project Crescent
•Ensure more credible, consistent data with SSIS improvements, a Master Data Services add-in for Excel, and new Data Quality Services
•Optimize IT and developer productivity across server and cloud with Data-tier Application Component (DAC) parity with SQL Azure and SQL Server Developer Tools code name “Juneau” for a unified dev experience across database, BI, and cloud functions.”

Though there is no official yet, it is believe that this version of SQL Server will be named as 2012 not as 2011 as said some time back. Nice way of postponing the release!

SQL Server 2012 Codenamed Denali CTP3 is available for download here.