Update your production servers and stop making excuses about it
Folks, we all like to make sure we’re doing our level best to make things work smoothly. So why am...
2018-06-27
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Randolph West
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATENAME()
Last time we looked at DATEPART(). This post is all about the DATENAME() function. So many similarities There are many...
2018-06-20
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEPART()
In my previous posts in this series we’ve seen reference to Transact-SQL (T-SQL) functions that are used to get the...
2018-06-13
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T-SQL aside: replace PRINT with RAISERROR
I was minding my own business innocently reading a blog post by Erik Darling, when this tip smacked me in...
2018-06-06
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: the problem with DATETIME
Recently I wrote a post about date and time functions you should never use, which contained an opinion I’ve expressed...
2018-05-30
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: more functions you should never use
Previously we looked at four built-in functions to get the current date and time in SQL Server and Azure SQL...
2018-05-23 (first published: 2018-05-16)
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Virtual Log Files: 200 or 1000?
Last week I had the privilege of reviewing possibly the best SQL Server production environment I’ve seen in Canada. During...
2018-05-23
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A big thank you
Thank you! Thank you for reading my blog. Thank you for buying my book. Thank you for attending my sessions...
2018-05-09
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: What about TIMESTAMP?
It occurred to me that we haven’t covered the TIMESTAMP data type in this series about dates and times. TIMESTAMP...
2018-05-02
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: T-SQL functions to get the current date and time
We have come on quite a journey so far. SQL Server and Azure SQL Database provide date and time data...
2018-04-25
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Slipstream parameters
What parameters are needed to enable a slipstream installation for setup.exe (SQL Server setup)?
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