Windows PowerShell isn’t just a command-line shell—it’s a full-blown scripting powerhouse that, when utilized right, can automate a great many routine (and even complex) administrative tasks. Whether you’re cleaning up a clogged system, scanning for aging log files, or kicking off monitoring alerts before something breaks, PowerShell has got you covered. It’s part of […]
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Whenever you happen to work with INSERT or UPDATE Transact-Sql queries, either from within Sql Serve Management Studio or through your favorite programming platform like Visual Studio, you’re often likely to stumble across the error message that says: String or binary data would be truncated… and your query fails right away. The message is […]
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The REPLICATE() function in SQL Server is a powerful tool for string manipulation, allowing developers to repeat a specified string a given number of times. This capability is particularly useful in scenarios where consistent data formatting or data masking is required. Let’s delve into two common use cases: formatting numbers with leading zeros and masking […]
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The world of programming is evolving faster than ever, and as technology continues to advance, AI-powered development tools are becoming a game-changer for developers, IT professionals, and businesses. Gone are the days when coding was a manual, time-consuming task. Now, with a plethora of AI tools at their disposal, programmers are experiencing an alluring […]
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Implementing Email address format validation is pretty common and simple. Regardless of the technology or platform, it is usually accomplished through the use of regular expression. But in this little article we’ll proceed a couple of steps further by Windows PowerShell ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment) is an editor and development environment specifically designed for […]
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We’ve presented several tips and tricks on MS Excel in this website for you. Here’s another handy tip that you might find incredibly useful. There are occasions when your excel sheet spreads across several columns and you may notice that some columns are cut off from the right because of default print configuration and […]
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In today’s data-driven business world, communication is all about personalization. Whether you’re reaching out to clients, shareholders, or members of an organization, creating a personalized experience can make a significant impact. That’s where Microsoft Word’s powerful Mail Merge feature comes in. By linking a Word document with a data source such as an Excel […]
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Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet application developed by Microsoft, widely used for data analysis, management, and visualization. It allows users to organize, calculate, and manipulate data in tabular form, offering a variety of tools such as formulas, functions, charts, and pivot tables to perform complex calculations and generate insights. Excel is a versatile […]
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In a previous article we learnt how to use CTE (Common Table Expression) to render dates in a date range. In this example we’ll use somewhat advance technique to show a data in a heirarchical form. Using the regular T-SQL query this is almost impossible to achieve it without coding in a strored procedure […]
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Using a traditional programming language like C# or Python you can use “for” and “while” loop constructs to generate a sequence of numbers, dates, string values or anything else super-easily. But here we’ll learn how to generate date values in a specific range using Transact-SQL query. We’ll not use any SQL stored procedure. Let’s […]
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