The Devil's in the Details
This week Steve Jones notes that the little details can sometimes have a big impact in your code.
2015-04-06
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2015-04-06
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Large Chunks of Data
This Friday Steve Jones talks reporting. Specifically he wonders how long can a report be before it's just wasting space.
2015-04-03 (first published: 2010-09-17)
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tSQLt with TRY..CATCH
Someone asked me the question recently about how tSQLt works with TRY..CATCH blocks and the exceptions that we might test...
2015-04-03 (first published: 2015-03-25)
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New Blogger Challenge 1 – Adding a Primary Key
The April Blogger Challenge is from Ed Leighton-Dick and aimed at new bloggers, but anyone is welcome. I’m trying to...
2015-04-02
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Check if SQL Server is running
This script will check if the SQL Server you are connected to is actually running.
2015-04-01 (first published: 2015-03-27)
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Get Your Service Broker Messages in Order. Always.
Learn how you can guarantee the ordering of all messages in a Service Broker queue, regardless of conversations.
2015-04-01
3,141 reads
Microservices and Databases
I ran across a post on microservices recently and was intrigued. I always like the idea of loosely coupled, independent...
2015-03-31
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Source Code Security
The code you use may contain security information. Be extra careful in this case, especially when you use encryption.
2015-03-31
153 reads
Toshiba Portege Z30 Review
I saw recently that Grant Fritchey wrote a review of his laptop, the Portege Z30. I had noted Grant’s issues...
2015-03-30
1,780 reads
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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