Using Table Valued Parameters with sp_executesql
Recently I did a presentation on dynamic SQL. In the presentation I pointed out the similarity of using sp_executesql to...
2018-09-24 (first published: 2018-09-13)
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How do I grant permissions to view users and their permissions?
tl;dr; VIEW DEFINITION
Every now and again you’ll have a user that needs to be able to see what permissions other...
2018-09-17
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I/O vs Logical I/O
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2018-09-13 (first published: 2018-09-05)
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What happens in a trigger stays in the transaction: T-SQL Tuesday #106
Anything that happens in a trigger happens within the same transaction of the command that called it.
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2018-09-11
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#SQLCareer 3/4 August 6th 2018
Last month Steve Jones (b/t) suggested that it might be helpful if those of us that work in the IT/database...
2018-09-06 (first published: 2018-08-22)
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SQL Homework – September 2018 – Backup and Restore continued.
In the very first SQL Homework post you were asked to take a backup. In fact it asked you to...
2018-09-03
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SQL Puzzle: Advent of Code
A few years back someone started the Advent of code. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s an advent calendar...
2018-08-29
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What are my permissions?
Permissions are a common concern. One of the most frequent requests I get is I need X, Y and Z...
2018-08-29 (first published: 2018-08-16)
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Copying formatted text out of a grid column.
I was reading a post today by Bert Wagner (b/t).
Displaying Long Variable Values in SQL Server
By the way, if...
2018-08-27
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Nada to Speaker: Demystifying and Diminishing Dynamic SQL Difficulties
Last Thursday I spoke at NTSSUG (North Texas SQL Server User Group). This is my local group (only 1.5 hours...
2018-08-20
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Question of the Day
Checking Identities
The DBCC CHECKIDENT command is used when working with identity values. I have a table with 10 rows in it that looks like this:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 2 2 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 3 3 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 4 4 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 5 5 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 6 6 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 7 7 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 8 8 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 9 9 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 10 10 2025-01-11 2025-01-16The docs for DBCC CHECKIDENT say this if I run with only the table parameter: "If the current identity value for a table is less than the maximum identity value stored in the identity column, it is reset using the maximum value in the identity column. " I run this code:
DELETE dbo.TravelLog WHERE TravelLogID >= 9
GO
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog, RESEED)
GO
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
CityID,
StartDate,
EndDate
)
VALUES
(4, '2025-09-14', '2025-09-17')
GO
What is the identity value for the new row inserted by the insert statement above? See possible answers