How to remove additional (unwanted) log files
Using multiple data files is a common best practice for a number of reasons, but multiple log files? Typically a...
2014-11-05
1,138 reads
Kenneth Fisher
Force only certain values to be unique
I thought of something rather interesting the other day while answering a question asking for help with some table structures....
2014-11-03 (first published: 2014-10-22)
6,574 reads
My DTS Package won’t load with the error “here were errors loading package”
You are trying to open a DTS package (yes some people still use DTS packages) and receive the following error:
Error...
2014-11-03
782 reads
Playing with the log – Before the first full backup
The log file tends to fascinate me. In fact one of my favorite posts is where I looked into the...
2014-10-29
1,811 reads
Update to “The clustered index columns are in all of the non clustered indexes.”
I certainly hadn’t planned on creating a part two of my post on clustered index columns but in the comments...
2014-10-29 (first published: 2014-10-20)
6,079 reads
A script to list the DTS connection information for every package on the instance.
For those of you who have moved completely to SQL 2012 & 2014, Lucky you and don’t judge! For the rest...
2014-10-27
669 reads
UNION vs UNION ALL
You might be wondering why I’m going into such a simple subject. Well the way I see it there are...
2014-10-16
2,752 reads
TSQL Tuesday #59: My Hero, My Inspiration, My Wife
TSQL Tuesday is a blog party started by Adam Machanic (b/t) almost 5 years ago. This month Tracey McKibben (b/t)...
2014-10-14
1,162 reads
You can’t use aggregate/windowing functions with CROSS APPLY
One of my favorite features of CROSS APPLY is the ability to use it instead of a calculated variable. Well...
2014-10-13 (first published: 2014-10-06)
9,196 reads
Required reading before upgrading SQL Server.
I was watching a great presentation by Brent Ozar(b/t) on why to move to SQL 2014 and in the Q...
2014-10-08
1,300 reads
Blogs
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
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XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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