Msg 7395: Unable to start a nested transaction
Happy new year, SQL peeps! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Last week was very quiet at work, but...
2012-01-05
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Colleen M. Morrow
SQL Server A to Z – YEAR
SELECT 'Happy '+ DATENAME(dw, GETDATE())Welcome to the penultimate installment of SQL Server A to Z (it’s not often I get to...
2012-01-02 (first published: 2011-12-26)
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SQL Server A to Z – CPU-Z
How fitting that I should close out the A to Z series while I close out the year. We’ve finally...
2011-12-29
2,067 reads
A SQL Server Christmas Card
Merry Christmas everyone!
DECLARE @hohoho char(100)
DECLARE @bells smallint
DECLARE @tiers smallint
DECLARE @maxtiers smallint
SELECT @hohoho = ' ', @tiers = 1, @bells = 1, @maxtiers = 6
PRINT @hohoho
WHILE @tiers...
2011-12-22
797 reads
Pitching Pebbles – Using Certificates to Grant Privileges
If you fill the jar with pebbles first, you'll never have room for the big rocks.
I’m sure you’ve heard the...
2011-12-19
1,209 reads
#meme15 – Why Do You Blog?
Jason Strate (blog|@StrateSQL) is starting a new blog meme: #meme15. The overall topic of #meme15 will be social networking, obviously...
2011-12-15
609 reads
SQL Server A to Z – XML
I can’t believe it’s already December. This year has just flown by. The rush of holiday events has already started,...
2011-12-08
1,731 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #025 – Tips and Tricks
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Allen White (blog | @SQLRunr ). The topic: Share your T-SQL tips and tricks. ...
2011-12-06
1,237 reads
Get Involved – This Week In PASS
We’re all busy people. We have jobs, families, and responsibilities out the wazoo. Little Timmy needs to be picked up...
2011-12-05
721 reads
SQL Server 2012 – Bug in sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file?
So I finally managed to get my hands on a VM with Windows 2008 R2 SP1 so I could install...
2011-12-01
1,131 reads
Blogs
Microsoft Post-Quantum Crypto APIs Are Now Generally Available
By Brian Kelley
I mentioned this in my talk on Quantum Computing at the PASS Data Community...
SQL Server 2025 Generally Available
By Brian Kelley
This was announced last week at Microsoft Ignite and it's been covered by others...
Chatting with Power BI: Who Benefits from This Conversation?
By Rayis Imayev
"Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t...
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The Ending Substring
In Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2025, if I run this, what is returned?
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