Not long ago, a crack team of SQL Server experts was flamed for a crime against database normalization they didn't commit. Today, Joe Deebeeay had a problem, no one else could help, so he found these exiled experts. Together Joe and the DBA-Team get to the bottom of high disk I/O.
2014-02-10
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In this piece, Josh follows up on his earlier article about smoothing DBA/Developer interactions, this time from the side of the developers.
2014-02-07
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There are several networking issues that can prevent the user from reaching or connecting to the SQL Server database. Learn how to test your SQL Server connectivity with PowerShell.
2014-02-07
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What are your options for sending a variable number of choices in a parameter to a stored procedure? Alex Grinberg looks at three techniques you can use.
2014-02-06
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Window Functions in SQL greatly simplify a whole range of financial and statistical aggregations on sets of data. Because there is less SQL on the page, it is easy to assume that the performance is better too: but is it? Dwain gets out the test harness to investigate.
2014-02-06
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When should you use a SQL CLR Aggregate? Lots of people have struggled with this one, but David Poole found a use, and has some interesting performance data analysis as well.
2014-02-05 (first published: 2010-12-29)
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The code in this tip will demonstrate how to continue SQL Server Log Shipping after a file has been added to the primary SQL Server database.
2014-02-05
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This industry-first T-SQL source code unscrambler automatically reads the details hidden in T-SQL stored procedures without altering the source code. With this granular information, it generates organized and precise data flow diagrams along with plain-language descriptions of each programming step within any database object. Resulting documentation can be generated in PDF, Word or HTML.
2014-02-05
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In this article, Thomas Knight analyzes and critiques the design of, and experience with, the "dual-level" user security in SQL Server. He then demonstrates a better theoretical alternative.
2014-02-04
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Ask database administrators how they implement disaster recovery in their big data environments and you'll get two typical responses: DR plans are not necessary and backups take up a lot of space. Despite this reasoning, a disaster recovery plan for your big data implementation may be essential for your company's future.
2014-02-04
4,531 reads
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
By Steve Jones
I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece...
By Steve Jones
I’m in the UK today, having arrived this morning in London. Hopefully, by this...
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I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to add two new columns for the StateProvince and Country. What code should I use? See possible answers