Automating DBCC Page
Way back in 2006, Paul Randal documented DBCC PAGE on his Microsoft blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/10/625659.aspx. In his post, you will...
2016-12-21
420 reads
Wayne Sheffield
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T-SQL Tuesday #85: Backup and Recovery
It’s that time of the month… the time when all of the T-SQL bloggers have a party and blog about...
2016-12-13
393 reads
Persisting DBCC output data
Most of the DBCC commands return their results as textual output, even if you have SSMS configured to return result...
2016-11-16
451 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)
23,241 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)
22,504 reads
The SQL Saturday Crazy Train hooks up a caboose!
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2015-07-20
753 reads
How do different types of functions compare performance wise?
A while back, I wrote a blog post showing the differences (including performance) between Inline Table-Valued Functions (ITVF) and Multi-Statement...
2015-07-16
1,057 reads
The Murder Train is pulling into Iowa City
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2015-05-11
571 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)
31,417 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #61 – The Wrap-Up
Earlier this month, I hosted the 61st occurrence of the monthly TSQL-Tuesday blogging party. With a topic of “Giving Back”,...
2014-12-31
1,374 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
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ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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