One law for me, another for EU
Phil Factor notes that the EU's approach to the GDPR seems to be "do as I say, not as I do".
2018-06-04
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Articles
Scalar Functions with Query Plans: Not all is obvious!
Scalar functions in Query Plans just don't always show the whole story!
2018-06-04
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Importing JSON Collections into SQL Server
Microsoft introduced native support for JSON in SQL Server in version 2016. In this article, Phil Factor shows how to import JSON documents into to SQL Server database tables, even if there is a bit of complexity in the original data.
2018-06-04
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NonClustered Index Structure
Learn how the clustered index keys affect the non clustered index structure.
2018-06-01 (first published: 2016-04-11)
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Quick Tips For Debugging Large Stored Procedures
SSMS is a good management tool, but it’s not a good development tool. When you’re writing some simple queries, it’s fine. When you’re writing code with lots of branching, dynamic SQL, temp tables, error handling, and so on… Not so much. Here are some tips Erik darling has put together after a couple years of wrangling the Blitz scripts in the First Responder Kit.
2018-06-01
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Solving the Target Principal Name is Incorrect
One small point to note when we receive the below error while connecting SQL server: The target principal name is incorrect. Cannot generate sspi context
2018-05-31
30,894 reads
Automating a SQL Server Database Refresh
In this tip we cover the basics of what needs to be done to setup a process to automate refreshing a dev or test environment with a recent database backup.
2018-05-31
4,463 reads
PowerShell Day-to-Day Admin Tasks – Part 6: Real-Time IT Dashboard
Creating a real-time IT dashboard is essential for IT professionals for managing their environments and to be proactive. A Few months ago, a great tool called ‘PowerShell Universal Dashboard’ or ‘PoshUD’ was officially released. In this article, Nicolas Prigent describes PoshUD, and how to use it to monitor your infrastructure using PowerShell.
2018-05-30
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2018-05-29
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Tables Without Clustered Indexes
When databases are being designed and developed, your developers might have overlooked creating clustered indexes on some of your database tables. Having a useful clustered index on your tables will improve the performance of your queries. Here Greg Larsen shows a simple script to identify those tables in your database that don’t have a clustered index.
2018-05-29
4,777 reads
Blogs
Understanding Fabric Ontology
By James Serra
What problem is Fabric Ontology trying to solve? For years, most data conversations have...
QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...
When growing companies outgrow Excel
By ChrisJenkins
There are some telltale signs that your growing business has outgrown Excel for your...
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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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