Exploring permissions with sp_DBPermissions and sp_SrvPermissions : TSQL Tuesday 101
Our host for T-SQL Tuesday this month is Jens Vestergaard (b/t) and he has asked about our favorite SSMS tool....
2018-04-10
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Kenneth Fisher
SSMS’s Dark Theme
There has been talk of a dark theme for SSMS for years. Does it exist, will it exist? Well, the...
2018-04-04
473 reads
SQL Homework – April 2018 – Indexes
This month we are going to look at a topic near and dear to both database developers and database administrators...
2018-04-02
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Storing a variable with a SELECT, and why it didn't work.
Using SELECT to store values into variables is an important technique, but you need to know some of the gotchas as well.
2018-04-02
6,104 reads
What’s the difference between Files and Filegroups?
tl;dr; Filegroups are a logical construct used to separate tables and indexes from each other, files are the physical construct...
2018-03-28
788 reads
DB_NAME() vs ORIGINAL_DB_NAME()
I’d never seen ORIGINAL_DB_NAME until recently and I thought it would be interesting to highlight it out, and in particular...
2018-03-27 (first published: 2018-03-15)
2,906 reads
Introducing The Blame Game
Introducing the Blame Game! Someone has messed up the new anatomy application’s (Mr. Body) performance and no one is willing...
2018-03-26
293 reads
Moving a table using BCP and native format
You need to move a table from one instance to another with the following requirements:
The instances are on separate domains....
2018-03-21
375 reads
GDPR – After the restore
I joined in on an interesting conversation the other day on twitter. It was about some unusual ramifications of GDPR...
2018-03-19
409 reads
Simply Debugging
Debugging is a life skill. Yes, the term comes from IT (literally removing a bug from a computer believe it...
2018-03-19 (first published: 2018-03-07)
2,067 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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