Putting counters in names
It’s not all that unusual, or unreasonable to put a counter in a name. For example let’s say you need ... Continue reading
2022-10-03 (first published: 2022-09-13)
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Kenneth Fisher
Being a script magpie
Last month (I ran just a little bit late writing this, it was meant to go out 9/29) Brent Ozar ... Continue reading
2022-10-01
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What’s next 4th time
It’s now been about two and a half months since I was given notice and decided to blog about my ... Continue reading
2022-09-28 (first published: 2022-09-08)
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Creating a SERVER ROLE created a LOGIN as well.
One of my co-workers came to me the other day and told me that they found their network id as ... Continue reading
2022-09-21 (first published: 2022-09-06)
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Conversion Precedence
Recently I talked about the difference between implicit and explicit datatype conversions. In it I ran this code: With the ... Continue reading
2022-09-20
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Making the mouse pointer easier to see.
I know this is way off my usual content but the other day someone was mentioning how easy it is ... Continue reading
2022-09-15
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SQL Homework – September 2022 – Query window challenge
I had every intention of doing Replication Part 2 this month but had a thought I liked better. I will ... Continue reading
2022-09-14 (first published: 2022-09-01)
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Why is security important in a dev environment?
I was asked a rather interesting question during an interview recently. It went something like this: Your resume says you’ve ... Continue reading
2022-09-05 (first published: 2022-08-23)
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New parameter in sp_DBPermissions and sp_SrvPermissions: @CopyTo
I’ve added a new parameter to my permissions scripts (well, just the main two for now). Fair warning, it’s in ... Continue reading
2022-08-31 (first published: 2022-08-18)
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When good enough is good enough
Any time I’ve learned about the optimizer there is always one important thing that’s brought up. The optimizer is not ... Continue reading
2022-08-30
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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