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A series of articles that will talk about most important but least focused areas in Database Design and Development.
2019-10-31
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T-SQL query to copy data from one database to another database
T-SQL query to copy the rows of all the tables from one database to another database only if they have rows in Source DB and exact same Schema in...
2019-10-30
16 reads
T-SQL query to copy data from one database to another database
T-SQL query to copy the rows of all the tables from one database to another database only if they have rows in Source DB and exact same Schema in...
2019-10-30
18 reads
T-SQL query to get the latest available backup chain
T-SQL query to return the latest available database backup chain (Full, Differential and Log) of individual databases along with their backup size and compressed size.
2019-10-30
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T-SQL query to get the latest available backup chain
T-SQL query to return the latest available database backup chain (Full, Differential and Log) of individual databases along with their backup size and compressed size.
2019-10-30
9 reads
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references. The script has been made smart enough to use TRUNCATE wherever there is no foreign key reference and...
2019-10-30
11 reads
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references. The script has been made smart enough to use TRUNCATE wherever there is no foreign key reference and...
2019-10-30
16 reads
Why I Make Animated Gifs for Presentation Demo Backups
PASS Summit 2019 starts up next Monday with pre-conference sessions. I’ve got my schedule all set, and I’m going to be busy: I’m speaking in two full-day pre-conference sessions,...
2019-10-30
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Thinking About Robert Davis
It’s been more than a year and a half since Robert Davis passed away. I wrote a bit about Robert’s passing last April. I haven’t written about him since,...
2019-10-25
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Building my schedule for PASS Summit 2019
It’s just ten days until PASS Summit 2019 begins in Seattle. The schedule is up and there are loads of good sessions. Here’s what I’m putting on my calendar...
2019-10-24
9 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art, Part 4: Happy...
locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...
SQL Server Enum Implementation: A Single-Row View Strategy for Avoiding Magic Values
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server Enum Implementation: A...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers