Source Control for the Reluctant DBA
This is the 2nd post in the series named SQL Server and Continuous Integration. The previous post explained the problems I...
2016-07-13
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SQL Server and Continuous Integration
This is the 1st in a series of posts on SQL Server and Continuous Integration. Some of the tools I’ll be...
2016-07-07
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Selective Logging with the UPDATE() Function
Triggers can be very useful when you want to log changes to your data, but what if you’re only interested...
2016-06-22 (first published: 2016-06-16)
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Deletes Ignore Check Constraints
I know it sounds a bit odd but DELETE statements really do ignore table constraints. Running the code below in...
2016-06-03 (first published: 2016-05-30)
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Broken Update With Join
Last month I wrote a post titled Broken Left Join which covered an easy to make mistake that I see...
2016-05-26 (first published: 2016-05-18)
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Minimum Memory Grant Query Hint
This month Wendy Pastrick is the host for T-SQL Tuesday #78. This month we have to “learn something new and blog...
2016-05-19 (first published: 2016-05-10)
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Cumulative Updates Every 2 Months
The SQL Server team is implementing an Incremental Servicing Model (ISM) to deliver updates for SQL Server. This is basically a...
2016-04-25
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Broken Left Join
Here is a simple example of a LEFT JOIN that returns the sales stats for all employees under 21.
SELECT e.Name,...
2016-04-21
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Partition Switching #TSQL2SDAY #77
The ALTER TABLE..SWITCH command allows you to almost instantly move large amounts of data from one table to another. It does...
2016-04-20 (first published: 2016-04-12)
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The ‘In Recovery’ Mystery
Last week I received an email from one of our sysadmins asking why one of our databases kept showing as...
2016-03-31 (first published: 2016-03-22)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #193 - Notes to Self
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – Notes to my past self and from my future self
By DataOnWheels
It has been a while since my last T-SQL Tuesday blog. When I saw...
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – Notes to past and future me
The last T-SQL Tuesday of the year is hosted by my good friend Mike...
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What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers