John Huang, Microsoft Certified Master in SQL Server, SQL Server MVP, is an independent SQL Server consultant in Vancouver BC, Canada. He started using SQL Server for his projects in year 1994. He has architected and implemented many SQL and BI applications serving different industrial areas. He loves talking about SQL Server and discussing SQL Server technologies with others. He blogs at http://www.sqlnotes.info.

Run T-SQL in Parallel

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Writing CLR procedures to run T-SQL concurrently is not an extremely new idea. I have seen a lot of implementations...

2015-12-03

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Print Long String

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Quite often, I output information through PRINT command. It works well only when message is shorter than 8000 bytes. When...

2015-11-26 (first published: 2015-11-19)

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Get All Referenced Tables and Columns

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I was always challenged when my customers asked me what tables and columns are referenced by a stored procedure which...

2015-11-19

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Changed SoundEx Disables Index While Upgrading to SQL 2012

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Implementation of SoundEx function is changed in SQL Server 2012, described here. For an example, the result of SOUNDEX(‘Csomorova’) in...

2013-12-17

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Create Semaphore in Sybase

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It seems like I am going to write another none SQL stuff again. No. This is a real life scenario....

2013-11-07

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Len() and DataLength()

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Both system functions, Len() and DataLength(), in SQL Server are used to measure the length of the data. The main...

2013-05-16

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Protect Yourself from Using DBCC WritePage

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I blogged DBCC WritePage a year ago here http://www.sqlnotes.info/2011/11/23/dbcc-writepage/. It’s an extremely dangerous command especially with the last parameter “directORbufferpool”...

2013-05-14

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