Duplicate rows in a table
I recently got the following email:
“I just keyed in two rows into a table with all identical column values. How...
2013-02-11 (first published: 2013-02-04)
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Kenneth Fisher
Something to watch out for when using sp_rename on Stored Procedures, Functions and Views
For those who don’t know, the stored procedure sp_rename allows you to change the name of a user-created object. Basically...
2013-02-11
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EXECUTE, not required, but advisable.
The other day one of the developers I work with gave me a script similar to this:
BEGIN TRAN
sp_rename 'tablename.columnname', 'newcolumnname'
COMMITHe...
2013-02-06
771 reads
Small changes, big effects
We got a call last week about an application that was running slowly. The server was showing about 80% CPU...
2013-01-30
1,255 reads
My view isn’t reflecting changes I’ve made to the underlying tables.
Problem: You’ve added columns to the base table of one of your views, but the view isn’t reflecting the change.
Over...
2013-01-29 (first published: 2013-01-21)
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Model database
Most DBAs have at least some idea what the system databases are for. Master has the list of databases & logins,...
2013-01-28
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IsMSShipped
I just wanted to do a brief highlight of a handy little object property. For those of you who aren’t...
2013-01-23
1,512 reads
Using New Horizontal/Vertical Tab Groups
This isn’t really one of those features of SSMS that I’ve used a great deal. At least didn’t until recently....
2013-01-17 (first published: 2013-01-14)
3,292 reads
What port is my instance listening on?
I just had the interesting task of finding the port number that one of the instances I deal with is...
2013-01-08
1,699 reads
How I like to learn a t-sql command
Recently I received a security request and realized I wasn’t comfortable in my ability to script out the t-sql commands...
2013-01-07
842 reads
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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