For better Sql code use fake tables
When unit testing code there is a really powerful feature that is either called mocking or faking or sometimes using...
2014-11-18
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Ed Elliott
For better Sql code use fake tables
When unit testing code there is a really powerful feature that is either called mocking or faking or sometimes using...
2014-11-18
62 reads
Unit tests help document your code!
I recently had the chance honour to spend twenty minutes talking to Boris Hristov about testing with Sql Server for his Google Hangouts series, catch the video here
One of...
2014-11-02
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Unit tests help document your code!
I recently had the chance honour to spend twenty minutes talking to Boris Hristov about testing with Sql Server for...
2014-11-02
49 reads
Unit tests help document your code!
I recently had the chance honour to spend twenty minutes talking to Boris Hristov about testing with Sql Server for...
2014-11-02
65 reads
What collation variables take on in T-SQL
I was asked an interesting question about collations in sql server recently about where variables in a script got their collation's from. I really wasn't too sure of the...
2014-10-22
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What collation variables take on in T-SQL
I was asked an interesting question about collations in sql server recently about where variables in a script got their...
2014-10-22
43 reads
What collation variables take on in T-SQL
I was asked an interesting question about collations in sql server recently about where variables in a script got their...
2014-10-22
66 reads
DBAs - Step away from production
I have worked as a DBA and also as a Sql Server developer and in many roles had full access to production, it is OK though I know what...
2014-10-21
16 reads
DBAs - Step away from production
I have worked as a DBA and also as a Sql Server developer and in many roles had full access...
2014-10-21
59 reads
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Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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