What Does the Undocumented UNCOMPRESS Function Do?
(last updated: 2019-02-26 @ 18:35 EST / 2019-02-26 @ 23:35 UTC )
IntelliSense in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) can be quite helpful. It...
2019-02-26
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How Does DBCC CHECKIDENT Really Work When Resetting the Identity Seed (RESEED)?
(last updated: 2019-01-31 @ 22:45 EST / 2019-02-01 @ 03:45 UTC )
Today’s “Question of the Day” on SQL Server Central, Cleaning up the...
2019-02-20 (first published: 2019-01-31)
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Beware! Beware of Unintended Changes When Altering Columns!
(last updated: 2019-01-15 @ 19:50 EST / 2019-01-16 @ 00:50 UTC )
I haven’t seen a lot written about these particular behaviors so I...
2019-01-28 (first published: 2019-01-15)
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Prevent Full Script Execution (Understanding and Using PARSEONLY and NOEXEC)
(last updated: 2019-01-08 @ 13:53 EST / 2019-01-08 @ 18:53 UTC )
There are times when I am working on a SQL script that...
2019-01-08 (first published: 2018-12-28)
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SQLCLR vs SQL Server 2017, Part 9: Does PERMISSION_SET Still Matter, or is Everything Now UNSAFE?
(last updated: 2018-11-01 @ 00:50 EDT / 2018-11-01 @ 04:50 UTC )
SQL Server 2017 introduced a new security restriction for SQLCLR in the...
2018-11-12 (first published: 2018-10-31)
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Native UTF-8 Support in SQL Server 2019: Savior or False Prophet?
(last updated: 2018-12-26 @ 16:20 EST / 2018-12-26 @ 21:20 UTC )
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For some...
2018-09-28
10,665 reads
SQLCLR vs SQL Server 2017, Part 8: Is SQLCLR Deprecated in Favor of Python or R (sp_execute_external_script)?
(last updated: 2019-01-10 @ 18:00 EST / 2019-01-10 @ 23:00 UTC )
With the additional (and annoying) configuration step required to get SQLCLR Assemblies...
2018-08-27 (first published: 2018-08-09)
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Changing the Collation of the Instance, the Databases, and All Columns in All User Databases: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Demystifying What “sqlservr -q” Actually Does
(last updated: 2019-01-07 @ 02:25 EST / 2019-01-07 @ 07:45 UTC )
For various reasons, people sometimes find themselves...
2018-06-19 (first published: 2018-06-12)
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Enable Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) on Windows 10 Home Edition
Occassionally I want / need to change a Windows setting that is not configurable via Control Panel or Settings. For example:
Enabling...
2018-06-06
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What’s in a Name?: Inside the Wacky World of T-SQL Identifiers
(last updated: 2018-04-28)
Today we are going to take a look into an area that you probably are thinking has very...
2018-04-18 (first published: 2018-04-09)
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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