Removing Identical Duplicate Rows
Deleting duplicate rows out of a table can be tricky. A brute force way to do this is with a...
2012-02-28 (first published: 2012-02-21)
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Will Assaf
Find Dependencies
Here's a script from my toolbox I use to find dependencies between SQL objects. The where clause has a number...
2012-02-21
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..This operation must be performed in the master database."
"Cannot alter a server audit from a user database. This operation must be performed in the master database."
If you're trying...
2012-02-03
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Actual Emails: Is "NOLOCK is the epitome of evil?"
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:30 AM
To: William Assaf
Subject: dba has a questionWilliam,
Can you send me references to support my contention that NOLOCK...
2012-01-24 (first published: 2012-01-21)
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Open_transaction_count in sys.dm_exec_sessions
This news may be a few months old, but it is worth noting that there is now a column called...
2011-12-16
1,378 reads
View execution plan for a sproc in the wild
Got stored procedure problems? I feel sorry for you son.
Here's a quick query to pull the cached execution plan out...
2011-12-16
1,691 reads
Using sys.dm_exec_requests to find a blocking chain
A query that calls sys.dm_exec_requests and pulls the statement text out of the request is a handy script for any DBA's...
2011-10-19
3,144 reads
Slides and Sample code: SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMV's from the Houston TechFest 2011
Here's my official blog page for my presentation on SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMV's from the Houston TechFest...
2011-10-15
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Resource Governor clamps down on Greedy Reports
One of the things I run into every now and then is this provincial idea that reports can and should...
2011-10-10
1,297 reads
Houston TechFest UG Leadership Summit
At the Houston TechFest 2011 Conference at the University of Houston I will be hosting a User Group Leadership Summit...
2011-10-06
572 reads
Blogs
AI Step 1
By Vinay Thakur
As this is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) World, things are changing. We can see that...
Beginner’s Guide: Building a Dockerized Todo App with React, Chakra UI, and Rust for Backend
In a containerized app, React and Chakra UI provide a robust and accessible user...
A New Word: Nachlophobia
By Steve Jones
nachlophobia – n. the fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty...
Forums
Active and Active Cluster
Hi Team, I am planning to apply security updates for SQL Server 2016 on...
SSIS package works in VS but failed in SSMS
Please help and thanks. Package:Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has...
Need a list of stored procedures that execute multiple stored procedures
Hello SSC! I hope you all had a happy and safe holiday! Apologies if...
Question of the Day
The Funny SELECTs
What is returned from this query?
SELECT
( SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2011' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2012') AS OrdersIn2000
, ( SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2012' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2013') AS OrdersIn2001
, ( SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2013' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2014') AS OrdersIn2002; See possible answers