Make BOL your friend
One of the most powerful tools we have as users of SQL Server is Books Online (BOL). Whether you work...
2014-06-30
4,045 reads
Kenneth Fisher
Dealing with a long string
Every now and again you have to put a really long string (more than 8000 characters). Dynamic SQL is the...
2014-06-25
2,554 reads
sp_SrvPermissions & sp_DBPermissions V5.0
These are a couple of stored procedures I wrote to help me with security research. Each of the stored procedures...
2014-06-23
689 reads
Aliasing a SQL Server: When it works, when it doesn’t and when it may be your problem.
Creating an alias for a SQL Server is fairly easy and there are several ways to do it. Configuration Manager...
2014-06-20 (first published: 2014-06-18)
2,339 reads
I don’t want to grant permission to all the tables in the database at once.
A couple of weeks ago I did a post on granting or denying permissions to all the tables within a...
2014-06-16
1,166 reads
What is this default trace you speak of?
I frequently see the default trace mentioned in answers to forum questions, blog posts, articles, even training sessions. My knowledge...
2014-06-12
842 reads
MJ Swart offers free technical editing
A little while back Michael J Swart(B/T) offered to help you become a better writer. This was exciting for me...
2014-06-09
887 reads
Who has the DAC open?
The other day I started seeing the following error in my SQL log.
Error: 17810, Severity: 20, State: 2.
Could not connect...
2014-06-05 (first published: 2014-05-28)
2,620 reads
15 years of experience with Identity columns
An identity column is an auto incrementing columnAn identity column is typically used as a primary keyA primary key that’s...
2014-06-04
1,051 reads
What is the difference between Money and Decimal(19,4)
One of my co-workers and I were discussing the difference between the data type MONEY and the data type DECIMAL(19,4)....
2014-06-02
1,973 reads
Blogs
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...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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