When Things Align Unexpectedly
Reading Time: 4 minutesThings are happening
or: Learning to Not Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
The stars seem to have...
2014-11-02
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Blog Posts
Five people you should meet at the PASS Summit
As I write this, I’m airborne and on my way to Seattle for the summit week (the Microsoft MVP Summit,...
2014-11-01
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How easy it is to check which statements consuming most of the CPU & RAM–TIP #68
Problem:- One of the most important question comes in our mind what is the cause of slow SQL SERVER.
We...
2014-11-01
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Changing Your SQL Server Name
Reading Time: 2 minutesIs the name of your SQL Server correct?
Why Worry About The Server Name In SQL?
When the name...
2014-10-31
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Changing Your SQL Server Name
Is the name of your SQL Server correct?
Why Worry About The Server Name In SQL?
When the name of the actual...
2014-10-31
1,670 reads
Database Lifecycle Management
There are lots of people who talk about Application Lifecycle Management. But, the database is a major part of every...
2014-10-31 (first published: 2014-10-20)
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Friday Followup For October 31, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-10-31
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I Won’t Be At the PASS Summit This Year
Due to a minor health issue I’ve decided to – for once – be conservative and cancel the trip this year. I’ve...
2014-10-31
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It’s That Time Again
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…”
No, not the end-of-year festival of repetitive music, overeating, and trampling on other...
2014-10-31
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Lightning Talks at SQL Saturday?
We’re already in the early stages of preparing for our 2015 SQL Saturday. One thing that was missing from this year’s event was local speakers; we just didn’t have...
2014-10-31
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Blogs
Who’s the Winningest Coach (with AI Help)
By Steve Jones
I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing...
Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
Stupid Things I Did With AI: ASCII Art
By Steve Jones
I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece...
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Adding and Dropping Columns I
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to add two new columns for the StateProvince and Country. What code should I use? See possible answers