2017-08-03
8,698 reads
William Talada
2014-12-04 (first published: 2014-11-17)
1,399 reads
Context Is Everything - Check Your Settings
Check 96 server and database settings to make sure they match your expectations in your databases with this script.
2014-05-06
4,502 reads
2013-07-03 (first published: 2013-06-07)
840 reads
Objects, Relationships, Systems, And Processes
What is the difference between an expert DBA and a Master DBA? This piece from William Talada talks about Objects, Relationships, Systems, and Processes and how they may relate to your job as a DBA.
2012-09-11
2,520 reads
ASCII Character Groups in String
Powerful function to find strings containing or excluding classes of ASCII characters.
2012-09-10 (first published: 2012-08-28)
1,012 reads
Find botched constraints, idxs, fks
Shows awesome view of columns with constraints and indexes and foreign keys to spot errors fast.
2010-08-04 (first published: 2009-12-03)
1,443 reads
IsNumber fails cast while IsBigInt passes cast
IsNumber does weak checking and fails cast to BigInt so I wrote IsBigInt to replace it.
2010-06-11 (first published: 2010-05-05)
1,695 reads
Get Your ANSI_NULLs Settings Consistent
William Talada brings us a short article to help you check your ANSI NULL settings and gives you a few reasons why you might want to make them consistent.
2010-01-27
6,783 reads
Display Rows Vertically or Alphabetically
Display a row vertically when a table has hundreds of columns to avoid scrolling.
2010-01-21 (first published: 2009-12-30)
2,933 reads
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