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
3,305 reads
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)
2,288 reads
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
2,074 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
800 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
1,214 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
615 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
1,737 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
1,243 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
727 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
1,139 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
how to write this query?
Hi everyone I asked this earlier but the desired outcome is a bit different...
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Multiple Deployment Processes
Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
See possible answers