Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
Who's bad?
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it...
2008-03-28
1,530 reads
Robert Davis
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Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it is...
2008-03-28
1,446 reads
The Shadow Knows What Procedures Lurk in the SQL Plan Cache
How do you know what procedures are cached in SQL Server? Simple, just ask, and SQL Server will tell you.You...
2008-03-28
1,474 reads
Suggested Reading: Deadlock Notifications in SQL Server 2005
Here's a good article on setting up Deadlock Notifications in SQL Server 2005 written by Patrick LeBlanc.
2007-10-16
1,484 reads
Undocumented use of the Columns_Updated() function
Q I need an easy way to see if a delete transaction has fired a trigger. Do you have any...
2007-08-01
628 reads
Breaking Up is Easy to Do
Breaking Up is Easy to DoHardIt's nice to be able to package a process into a single, tidy, elegant query,...
2007-07-03
602 reads
Who said that breaking up is hard to do?
Some of you younger DBA’s out there may not know who Neil Sedaka is or remember his poignant words "Breaking...
2007-07-03
613 reads
SQL Server Error Logs
The active SQL Server error log is one of the first places people look when there is a problem. For...
2007-06-29
1,594 reads
The War Begins :: Reporting for duty
No, I'm not going to keep making corny references to war and being a soldier. But in many ways, we...
2007-06-29
1,338 reads
Check and Set Default file Locations with TSQL
Checks the default file locations for your data and log files. If not set, it sets them to the specified values. This is written for a SQL 2005 default instance. Registry paths may be different for SQL 2000 or named instances.The script can be easily modified to update it if the current value is set […]
2007-01-01 (first published: 2006-12-21)
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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