The 9th Day of SQL: Things Aren't as Simple as They Seem
The 12 days of SQL
Brent Ozar (blog | twitter) had an idea: a group of people should blog about writing which...
2010-12-21
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Kendra Little
Select * from dbo.FAIL: invalid metadata in views and user defined functions
This week a question on the Twitter #sqlhelp hash tag reminded me of a detail of SQL Server that I...
2010-12-16
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Introduction to Partitioning: Resources!
This past Saturday I presented my shiny new Introduction to SQL Server Partitioning session at SQL Saturday 61.
There were two...
2010-12-07
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TSQL Tuesday #11: Messages and the Clammy Seduction of the Print Statement
Note: Updated 10/28 based on conversation in the comments, and 12/10 with Denali info.
TSQL Tuesday #11: Misconceptions in SQL Server
This...
2010-10-12
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Automation: Granting Read Perms for Developers
Yeah, you heard me.
Do you like to read?
“But Kendra, why would we want to grant developers read permissions? And why...
2010-08-16
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Learning that Presenting is Worth Doing (T-SQL Tuesday #008: Gettin’ Schooled)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is hosted by Robert Davis and the topic is “How do you learn? How do you teach?...
2010-07-13
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Error Configuring DataCollector: A collection set cannot start without a schedule
Data Collection, Puppy Style
Update: Based on Bill Ramos’ comment below and a note on Twitter (thanks!!) I have added some...
2010-06-26
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Change Data Capture vs Change Tracking
Make sure to check out the comments on this one!
A short conversation on Twitter Monday night reminded me of this...
2010-06-23
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Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers