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detect different datatypes

-  a simple and handy script that finds what differences might exists between the fields in your database that have the same name.I was wondering why my execution plans where different  for tables with the same  field names and the same indexes,statistics etc... because the syetem was converting my fields in the WHERE statement. -  […]

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blocked  and blocker  spid and details

2 steps:step 1 => create   a table in master database called BlockCheckstep 2 =>  create the stored procedure in master  called  BLOCK_CHECK @database_name varchar(20)What SP  does:-    it gets the  spid that is blocked  + info about it (like what it does  at the moment  it is blocked)-    it gets the spid  that  acts as a […]

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Getting ANY of the data

I have this data in two tables:

-- Beer table
BeerIDBeerNamebrewer
5Becks    Interbrew
6Fat Tire   New Belgium
7Mac n Jacks  Mac & Jack's Brewery
8Alaskan AmberAlaskan Brewing 
9Kirin        Kirin Brewing

-- Beercount table
BeerName      BottleCount
Becks         5
Fat Tire      1
Mac n Jacks   2
Alaskan Amber 4
NULL          7
Corona        2
Tsing Tao     4
Kirin         12
What is returned from this query?
SELECT *
FROM dbo.BeerCount AS bc
WHERE bc.BeerName=ANY
  (SELECT b2.BeerName FROM dbo.Beer AS b2);
 

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