What do they want to hear?
I was helping my 16yo write his first college essay the other day. He’s always struggled a bit with writing ... Continue reading
2020-11-03 (first published: 2020-10-29)
317 reads
Kenneth Fisher
How do I test if a linked server works using T-SQL?
I get that linked servers are almost as despised as the dreaded cursor or (lord save us) NOLOCK, but they ... Continue reading
2020-10-29 (first published: 2020-10-27)
840 reads
Permissions script for Azure Synapse
I was recently asked to add on to my permissions stored procedures (sp_SrvPermissions, sp_DBPermissions and sp_AzSQLDBPermissions) and create one for ... Continue reading
2020-10-22 (first published: 2020-10-15)
265 reads
SQL Virtual Machines
I was recently watching the first session of the Azure SQL Bootcamp by Anna Hoffman (twitter) and Bob Ward (blog|twitter) ... Continue reading
2020-10-22
175 reads
A table is like a library : T-SQL Tuesday #131
Rob Volk (blog|twitter) is our host for TSQL Tuesday this month and wants us to Explain a database subject like ... Continue reading
2020-10-20 (first published: 2020-10-13)
457 reads
My 800th post!
It took me a little bit longer to get here than I expected but I finally made it. 800 posts. ... Continue reading
2020-10-20
3 reads
All triggers have to be able to handle multiple row operations.
Quick post today. Recently I was helping a co-worker write a trigger. Basically there is a table of servers that’s ... Continue reading
2020-09-11 (first published: 2020-09-03)
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SQL Homework – September 2020 – More DML Triggers
Triggers. Still blech. In June I asked you to play with DML triggers. Well, one more time. First of all ... Continue reading
2020-09-01
91 reads
As a DBA, am I a gatekeeper?
TL;DR; Yes Frequently in our industry we talk about gatekeepers as bad things. We talk about breaking down barriers and ... Continue reading
2020-08-27
181 reads
SQL Homework – August 2020 – More DML Triggers
Well, I’m running a bit late. Both for this month and the fact I completely missed last month. It was ... Continue reading
2020-08-13
84 reads
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Forums
Collecting active node hostname at centralized location
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Beginner in sql server
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fast farward curson vs while loop on @table
hi, need to known weather fast farwand cursor is faster than a while loop...
Question of the Day
Getting the Indexed Columns
I run this code on SQL Server 2022 to get a list of all the indexes and their key columns. What is returned?
SELECT
INDEX_COL (N'AdventureWorks2017.Sales.SalesOrderDetail') See possible answers