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
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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
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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
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#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
614 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
1,736 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
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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
726 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
1,137 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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