When adding a new column and wanting to default the value for existing records, it used to be a painful task. As of SQL Server 2012 that became much easier. But nobody told me, until Simon casually mentioned it in conversation recently. I had to see it for myself, so I thought I’d share for those who […]
Last week we started to at the use of constraints to support with data integrity in our databases. As a refresher on our introduction from last time: Data integrity helps give us assurance that our data is accurate, complete, and free from errors or inconsistencies. Some of this comes from making sure that data is correct […]
Data integrity helps give us assurance that our data is accurate, complete, and free from errors or inconsistencies. Some of this comes from making sure that data is correct before it enters are databases, but there are some tools we have in our databases which can help with this too – Constraints! Before we jump […]
Andy Brownsword 