Physical Join Operators by Ami Levin
For those who don’t know the three physical join operators are Hash Match, Loop Join and Nested Loops. Understanding these...
2013-11-06
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Kenneth Fisher
Adding a column to a table with a default (NULL vs NOT NULL)
There are lots of ways to learn new things, or be reminded of old things. One of my favorites is...
2013-11-05 (first published: 2013-10-30)
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A look at comments
Everyone knows that we should include comments in our code right? On the other hand the vast majority of us...
2013-10-29 (first published: 2013-10-21)
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Change in SQL 2012 SSMS grid output behavior
It’s one of those things that always aggravated me but not really enough to complain about. When you run a...
2013-10-28
693 reads
Unexpected truncation in FETCH
Yes I’m talking about FETCH as in a cursor, yes everyone hates cursors. But you know cursors are like anything...
2013-10-23
718 reads
I’ve refreshed a test database from prod but now the users can’t access it.
This happens to me all the time. I get a request from a developer to overwrite the test copy of...
2013-10-16 (first published: 2013-10-09)
2,666 reads
Query to compare indexes between two tables
We have a set of databases at my office that use the load and swap method of loading data with...
2013-10-16
1,205 reads
Why you should know how to script as well as use the GUI
Personally I’ve always enjoyed learning the T-SQL for any given task. The GUI is usually pretty easy to figure out...
2013-10-14
1,008 reads
Use TOP instead of SET ROWCOUNT
Both TOP and SET ROWCOUNT are both valid methods of limiting the result sets from a query. They are however...
2013-10-10 (first published: 2013-10-07)
3,974 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #47: Your Best SQL Server SWAG
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this time Kendal Van Dyke is asking for Your Best SQL Server SWAG....
2013-10-08
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Blogs
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...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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