Snagit…
If you read my last post, you may have noticed that my images now include boxes, balloon text and highlighting. ...
2010-03-21
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Seth Phelabaum
Random Thoughts on Aliasing
Here are many different thoughts/facts/preferences on aliasing. Most of this applies to column aliasing. Regardless of whether or not you...
2010-03-20
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Tally Table CTE
Now that I have several posts on what you can do with a Tally table, I figured I'd share my...
2010-03-19
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SCSUG March Meeting Recap
The Monsoon
My trip to the meeting, short as it was, involved some of the worst driving conditions I've ever personally...
2010-03-12
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SCSUG (Space Coast SQL Users Group) Meeting Tonight Featuring PFE David Pless
In case you missed David Pless in Orlando on Tuesday, you have another chance to see his presentation tonight (Thursday...
2010-03-11
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Tally Table - Delimited list to Table
Dealing with delimited lists (Usually separated by a comma) in SQL is a problem easily handled by a simple function...
2010-02-27
3,773 reads
Data Type Precedence and Implicit Conversions
In my last post, I noted that one of the biggest differences between ISNULL and COALESCE was the fact that...
2010-02-25
1,118 reads
Data Type Precedence and Implicit Conversions
In my last post, I noted that one of the biggest differences between ISNULL and COALESCE was the fact that...
2010-02-21
4,495 reads
ISNULL() VS. COALESCE()
There are a lot of arguments about which of these to use. In my opinion, they both have their place. ...
2010-02-11
9,062 reads
IN and NOT IN
One of the most common mistakes made in T-SQL is thinking that these behave identically. I've personally opened up a...
2010-02-04
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Blogs
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...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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Question of the Day
OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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