What version of SQL is SSMS scripting for?
Recently (honestly it’s been a few years now) Microsoft split the lifecycle for SSMS out from the general SQL Server ... Continue reading
2019-03-25
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Kenneth Fisher
Disabling and enabling triggers
I tend to feel that a lot of people who use triggers don’t really understand them. That said, every now...
2019-03-20 (first published: 2019-03-06)
3,185 reads
Hugo’s SQL Server Execution Plan Reference
I’m a big fan of T-SQL Tuesday. Each month there is a host who comes up with a topic, and...
2019-03-18
453 reads
SQL Homework – March 2019 – Reconfigure tempdb
You’ve heard of tempdb right? It’s one of the system databases. All of the system databases are important but poor...
2019-03-15 (first published: 2019-03-04)
2,424 reads
Dipping into the Cookie Jar: T-SQL Tuesday #112
This month our intrepid host for T-SQL Tuesday is Shane O’Neill (b/t). He’s asked us to talk about our cookies....
2019-03-12
258 reads
DBA Myths: Can a differential backup get bigger than the full backup?
The thing about DBA Myths is that they are generally widespread and widely believed. At least I believed this one...
2019-03-04 (first published: 2019-02-14)
2,457 reads
Dem queries
Dem queries, dem queries, dem slow queries,
Dem queries, dem queries, dem fast queries,
Dem queries, dem queries, dem big queries,
Now write...
2019-02-27
1,153 reads
Using the Microsoft Authenticator app to log into Azure
So I was trying to work on a blog post about the new truncation error this morning and realized I...
2019-02-25
247 reads
Why do I (they) own that database?
Ever looked at the list of databases and wonder why you own one of them? Or why some other user...
2019-02-20
145 reads
Disabling Indexes
Indexes are probably the number one tool we have to improve performance. That said, there are times when we want...
2019-02-18 (first published: 2019-01-28)
2,467 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
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Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
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Negative and Positive Numbers
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Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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