The Failed Job
I was looking into a failed job on a SQL Server 2008R2 instance. My first step was to check the...
2013-11-15 (first published: 2013-11-07)
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Wayne Sheffield
- Website: http://www.waynesheffield.com
T-SQL Tuesday #48 – My take on the cloud
So here it is, the second Tuesday of the month. This means that it is time for our favorite Tuesday...
2013-11-13
623 reads
Murder They Wrote
For those of you that know me, you know that I enjoy learning, and passing on what I have learned...
2013-11-06
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Retiring of the MCM Certifications, Part II
Image acquired from Twitter
In my recent blog post on “Retiring of the MCM Certifications”, there is a link to a...
2013-09-03
1,341 reads
Retiring of the MCM Certifications
The MCM is dead. Long live the MCM.
The small, exclusive club of SQL Server Microsoft Certified Masters is going to...
2013-08-31
4,243 reads
It’s the small things that count
Sometimes it’s the small things that count.
I just noticed two small enhancements to SQL Server 2014's BOL, and I can...
2013-08-14
1,521 reads
2013-07-22 (first published: 2009-04-30)
3,897 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #43 – Plan Operators
This month’s TSQL-Tuesday is hosted by Rob Farley (blog | twitter), who became a Microsoft Certified Master this past December (congrats!)....
2013-06-14 (first published: 2013-06-11)
2,158 reads
Loading XML Data into SQL Server (SQL Spackle)
Learn how to load data in an XML file into a table in SQL Server.
2013-05-31 (first published: 2011-01-03)
20,527 reads
Getting the lowdown on 18456 errors
If you can establish a connection to a SQL Server, but are having problems logging in to it, you will...
2013-04-30 (first published: 2013-04-18)
2,535 reads
Blogs
Prepping for Certification, Part 4 of 4
By Brian Kelley
In Parts 1-3, I covered how I prepare for a certification exam. In this...
Flyway Tips: Automation Assistance in Flyway Desktop
By Steve Jones
I was chatting with the product managers at Flyway and one asked me whether...
The Benefits of Teaching
By Brian Kelley
Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of...
Forums
Help! MEMORY_ALLOCATION_EXT wait stalls
Hi I have an overnight process that moves allot of claims records Been working...
Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey with dbt (Data Build Tool) on SQL Server
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Putting the Player with the Number
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Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers