Solomon Rutzky

Solomon Rutzky has been working with computers since the mid 1980s. He has experience with a variety of hardware platforms, OSs, programming languages, and RDBMSs. He has focused on SQL Server since 2002, and has written articles for SQL Server Central, including the Stairway to SQLCLR series, and Simple Talk.

Solomon is the founder / owner of Sql Quantum Lift, and is the creator of the popular SQL# SQLCLR library. He answers questions on a few StackExchange sites and Ask.SqlServerCentral.com.

Interests: Computers (duh ;-), religion, sarcasm, chocolate covered raisins

Website: https://SqlQuantumLeap.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srutzky/

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Server Audit Mystery 1: Filtering class_type gets Error Msg 25713

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

The other day I ran into an odd problem trying to answer the following question on DBA.StackExchange:
How to filter out...

2018-02-01 (first published: 2018-01-22)

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Stored Procedure / Function / View / Trigger Definitions Can Be Wrong, Even If sp_rename Was Never Used

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

SQL Server stores the full definition of certain T-SQL objects — Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, and Triggers — in their original form,...

2018-01-09

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Which Collation is Used to Convert NVARCHAR to VARCHAR in a WHERE Condition? (Part A of 2: “Duck”)

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

(If you’re reading this on SQL Server Central, please click here to see the “Featured Image” which will help explain...

2018-01-04 (first published: 2017-12-08)

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PLEASE, Please, please Stop Using Impersonation, TRUSTWORTHY, and Cross-DB Ownership Chaining

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

(last updated: 2018-03-27)
Despite features added in SQL Server 2005 (yes, 2005!) that allow for very flexible, granular, and robust security,...

2017-12-30

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Which Collation is Used to Convert NVARCHAR to VARCHAR in a WHERE Condition? (Part B of 2: “Rabbit”)

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

(If you’re reading this on SQL Server Central, please click here to see the “Featured Image” which will help explain...

2017-12-28 (first published: 2017-12-11)

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Sessions, Temporary Objects, and the Afterlife

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

For thousands of years theologians have offered various thoughts on the question of what happens when we die. Does some...

2017-11-30 (first published: 2017-11-20)

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Line-Continuation in T-SQL

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

Some (or maybe most?) languages and operating system command shells allow for breaking up long lines into multiple lines (i.e....

2017-11-08 (first published: 2017-10-27)

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All New Collations in SQL Server 2017 Implicitly Support Supplementary Characters

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

As I was testing whether or not the new “Variation Selector Sensitive” ( _VSS ) Collations in SQL Server 2017 would assist...

2017-10-31 (first published: 2017-10-16)

2,638 reads

SQLCLR vs. SQL Server 2017, Part 6: “Trusted Assemblies” – Whitelisted Assemblies can’t do Module Signing

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

“Trusted Assemblies”, a new feature starting in SQL Server 2017, is a means of whitelisting Assemblies that one feels pose...

2017-10-09 (first published: 2017-09-29)

2,328 reads

Clustered Index Uniquifier Existence and Size

by Solomon Rutzky

SQL Quantum Leap

In SQL Server, each and every row in a table needs to be accessible by itself, whether or not you...

2017-09-19

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Solomon Rutzky

Server Audit Mystery 1: Filtering class_type gets Error Msg 25713

Stored Procedure / Function / View / Trigger Definitions Can Be Wrong, Even If sp_rename Was Never Used

Which Collation is Used to Convert NVARCHAR to VARCHAR in a WHERE Condition? (Part A of 2: “Duck”)

PLEASE, Please, please Stop Using Impersonation, TRUSTWORTHY, and Cross-DB Ownership Chaining

Which Collation is Used to Convert NVARCHAR to VARCHAR in a WHERE Condition? (Part B of 2: “Rabbit”)

Sessions, Temporary Objects, and the Afterlife

Line-Continuation in T-SQL

All New Collations in SQL Server 2017 Implicitly Support Supplementary Characters

SQLCLR vs. SQL Server 2017, Part 6: “Trusted Assemblies” – Whitelisted Assemblies can’t do Module Signing

Clustered Index Uniquifier Existence and Size

Blogs

Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?

Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas

Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP

Forums

Server-Level Row Counts for Tables and Views

Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization vs. Parameter Sniffing: What SQL Server Fixes and What It Doesn't

Hyperscale Replicas I

Question of the Day

Hyperscale Replicas I