Run T-SQL in Parallel
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
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
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
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
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()
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
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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Attach Database with Missing NDF File
I wonder if you’ve had the situation that I had before where you have to attach a database with one...
2013-05-13 (first published: 2013-05-07)
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Bring Offline File Online — Modify SQL Server Metadata
In my last post, I demonstrated how to mount a database with missing NDF files. In the end, we still...
2013-05-09
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Fix Page Checksum
A checksum value is tagged with every data page in SQL Server. This is used to detect issues on the...
2013-05-02
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Blogs
Containers: Create a Custom Container
Creating a custom container is where things get truly exciting. There’s actually a ton...
Mini-Rant: Spoofed Phone Numbers and Trust
By Brian Kelley
I’ve seen this more and more over the last year: I receive a phone...
Speaking at SQL Saturday Dallas
Speaking at SQLSaturday Dallas! I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL...
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The Change Failure Rate
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Reporting Server
I have reporting server which gets replicated from other OLTP server.However, the reporting server...
FlushCache Error Message
While analyzing an issue, I stumbled on to a "FlushCache" error message (error log). ...
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