Adding new files to a log-shipped database (SQL Spackle)
Freshly minted MCM Wayne Sheffield fills a log shipping crack that could otherwise cause you to re-initialize your log shipping.
2024-10-11 (first published: 2013-06-06)
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Creating a Comma-Separated List (SQL Spackle)
Learn how to create a comma separated list of values in this short SQL Spackle article by Wayne Sheffield.
2024-08-09 (first published: 2011-01-12)
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Understanding the OVER Clause in SQL Server
Having a solid knowledge of the window functions if vital to high performance T-SQL Code. The key to these functions is how the OVER clause is used. This article will dive into how to use the OVER clause.
2019-09-19 (first published: 2015-10-14)
182,315 reads
Splitting Strings in SQL Server 2016
Comparison of the new methods of splitting strings in SQL Server 2016 to the tried and true methods
2018-06-15 (first published: 2016-04-12)
9,344 reads
Having fun with PARSENAME (SQL Spackle)
PARSENAME is perhaps the most infrequently used built-in documented function in SQL Server. SQL Server Microsoft Certified Master Wayne Sheffield shows why this nifty function ought to be included in your SQL toolbox.
2016-01-15 (first published: 2014-03-17)
23,087 reads
An Introduction to the SQLCMD Mode in SSMS (SQL Spackle)
Using SQLCMD Mode in SSMS is easy. This short piece will show you how to get started.
2015-10-16 (first published: 2013-05-06)
22,168 reads
The new Analytic functions in SQL Server 2012
SQL Server expert Wayne Sheffield looks into the new T-SQL analytic functions coming in SQL Server 2012.
2015-05-01 (first published: 2012-01-19)
31,403 reads
Transaction Isolation Levels
An examination into how the various transaction isolation levels affect locking (and blocking)
2014-02-13
9,009 reads
Creating templates for use in BIDS (SQL Spackle)
Learn how to create and use templates in BIDS in this short SQL Spackle article.
2013-12-30 (first published: 2011-04-21)
11,016 reads
Locking, Blocking and Deadlocking
Introduction into Locking, Blocking and Deadlocks in SQL Server, and why SQL Server uses these actions.
2013-11-18
10,961 reads
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