T-SQL query to copy data from one database to another database
T-SQL query to copy the rows of all the tables from one database to another database only if they have rows in Source DB and exact same Schema in...
2019-10-30
10 reads
T-SQL query to copy data from one database to another database
T-SQL query to copy the rows of all the tables from one database to another database only if they have rows in Source DB and exact same Schema in...
2019-10-30
13 reads
T-SQL query to get the latest available backup chain
T-SQL query to return the latest available database backup chain (Full, Differential and Log) of individual databases along with their backup size and compressed size.
2019-10-30
3 reads
T-SQL query to get the latest available backup chain
T-SQL query to return the latest available database backup chain (Full, Differential and Log) of individual databases along with their backup size and compressed size.
2019-10-30
3 reads
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references. The script has been made smart enough to use TRUNCATE wherever there is no foreign key reference and...
2019-10-30
7 reads
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references. The script has been made smart enough to use TRUNCATE wherever there is no foreign key reference and...
2019-10-30
6 reads
Why I Make Animated Gifs for Presentation Demo Backups
PASS Summit 2019 starts up next Monday with pre-conference sessions. I’ve got my schedule all set, and I’m going to be busy: I’m speaking in two full-day pre-conference sessions,...
2019-10-30
5 reads
Thinking About Robert Davis
It’s been more than a year and a half since Robert Davis passed away. I wrote a bit about Robert’s passing last April. I haven’t written about him since,...
2019-10-25
4 reads
Building my schedule for PASS Summit 2019
It’s just ten days until PASS Summit 2019 begins in Seattle. The schedule is up and there are loads of good sessions. Here’s what I’m putting on my calendar...
2019-10-24
3 reads
Workshop Report: Overcoming Obstacles on the Journey to Continuous Delivery for Databases (video with transcript)
I am living the dream, y’all: yesterday I was finishing up my workday and needed to record a video, but realized that our puppy had spent enough time in...
2019-10-17
4 reads
Blogs
The PASS Summit on Tour in the Netherlands
By Steve Jones
The PASS Summit goes on tour this year, with the final date the first...
Azure SQL Managed Instance: Boost Performance with Read-Scale Out
By Arun Sirpal
The Business Critical tier of Azure SQL Managed Instance offers the read-scale out feature...
Free Cloud Environment Setup: A Beginner’s Guide
By Rohit Garg
Cloud computing is essential for modern development, data storage, and scalable applications. Setting up...
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Dimensional Modeling Case Study, Part 4 – Dynamic Time Duration Dimension
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Question of the Day
The Updated Columns List
I have this table in SQL Server 2022:
CREATE TABLE CustomerLarge (CustomerID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1) CONSTRAINT CustomerLargePK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED , CustomerName VARCHAR(20) , CustomerContactFirstName VARCHAR(40) , CustomerContactLastName VARCHAR(40) , Address VARCHAR(20) , Address2 VARCHAR(20) , City VARCHAR(20) , CountryCode CHAR(3) , Postal VARCHAR(20) ) GOIf I check the columns_updated() function return in a trigger, what is the data returned? See possible answers