What’s in a partition?
In my last post on partitioning I used the $Partition command in passing. I’ve been thinking it deserves a bit...
2017-05-22
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Kenneth Fisher
Partitioning on a nullable column
tl;dr; If you are SWITCHing data into a table and the partitioning column is nullable you will need to add...
2017-05-17 (first published: 2017-05-03)
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T-SQL FizzBuzz
I was looking around for something to write about this evening and came across one of Russ Thomas’ (b/t) old...
2017-05-17
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Why shouldn’t I shrink my database log file?
TL;DR: It’s pretty pointless and can cause performance issues.
Let’s start by asking why you might want to shrink your log....
2017-05-15
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Simple Security Report
Quite a while ago I created a couple of little security scripts to help me out with permissions research. Over...
2017-05-12 (first published: 2017-05-01)
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Dynamic SQL and the joys of QUOTENAME
I’m a big fan of dynamic SQL. In the past I’ve written a How to, a Best Practices and even...
2017-05-11
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Continuous Integration
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again! This month we are being hosted by James Anderson (b/t). Thanks James! He has asked us...
2017-05-09
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Why is a Windows authenticated login more secure than a SQL authenticated one?
I had this question come up at work the other day and while I knew it was true I wasn’t...
2017-05-08 (first published: 2017-04-26)
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SSMS Tips: Copy Full Path
When you right click on a tab you’ll see a number of different options. You can set up new horizontal...
2017-04-24
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When should I add an index?
We all know indexes are good and I’m hoping everyone knows you can have too many indexes. That means we...
2017-04-21 (first published: 2017-04-19)
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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