COUNT, DISTINCT, and NULLs
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One thing I see fairly often (and am occasionally guilty of myself) is using COUNT(DISTINCT) and DISTINCT interchangeably to get an idea of the...
2019-02-19
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Bert Wagner
Parsing HTML in SQL Server
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Recently I was asked how to parse text out of an HTML fragment stored in SQL Server.
Over the next few seconds my brain processed...
2019-02-12
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Parsing HTML in SQL Server
Recently I was asked how to parse text out of an HTML fragment stored in SQL Server.
Over the next few...
2019-02-12
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Parsing HTML in SQL Server
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Recently I was asked how to parse text out of an HTML fragment stored in SQL Server.
Over the next few seconds my brain processed...
2019-02-12
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Why make?
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #111 prompt by Andy Leonard. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about...
2019-02-12
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Why make?
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #111 prompt by Andy Leonard. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about...
2019-02-12
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Optimizing for Ad Hoc Workloads
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The execution plan cache is a great feature: after SQL Server goes through the effort...
2019-02-07 (first published: 2019-01-22)
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Automating Database Maintenance with Jess Pomfret and dbatools
dbatools is one of the coolest community projects I’ve seen – it is amazing how many commands are available to help...
2019-02-05
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Automating Database Maintenance with Jess Pomfret and dbatools
Watch this week's video on YouTube
dbatools is one of the coolest community projects I've seen - it is amazing how many commands are available to help make managing your...
2019-02-05
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Automating Database Maintenance with Jess Pomfret and dbatools
Watch this week's video on YouTube
dbatools is one of the coolest community projects I've seen - it is amazing how many commands are available to help make managing your...
2019-02-05
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Blogs
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
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XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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A Full Shutdown
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Question of the Day
OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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