Effects of sp_rename on Stored Procedures
There comes a time when mistakes are made. Sometimes those mistakes can be as annoying as a spelling mistake during...
2014-08-20 (first published: 2014-08-14)
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Blog Posts
ISPACs – Got To Love Em
Being a DBA and working with various teams, I have become accustomed to deploying SSIS packages. I’ll even go back...
2014-08-20
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 37
I’m continuing to experiment with the messaging. Without A/B testing (and maybe even with, given the small list size) it’s...
2014-08-20
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Still a Need for a SQL Server Specific Organization
If you haven’t already, please read Denise McInerney’s post about why PASS no longer stands for the Professional Association for...
2014-08-20
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The End of The Professional Association Of SQL Server? It Should Be More Than Just An Acronym
I read with a bit of despair this post by Denise McInerney this morning. Going forward, it’s just “PASS”. Somehow...
2014-08-20
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The Red Gate Way…
As companies go, Red Gate is a little different. That is readily apparent in our tools and the philosophy behind...
2014-08-20
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Two years!
Two years ago today I began my blog with a post about the DEFAULT keyword. I set out with the...
2014-08-20
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Updating tsqlt
I was looking to write a new test with the tsqlt framework recently. I wanted to isolate a stored procedure’s...
2014-08-20
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VMworld 2014 Is Next Week
Can you believe that this year’s VMworld conference is just around the corner? It’s next week – August 24 – 28 – at...
2014-08-20
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Exception handling in SQL Server
SQL server gives the exception/error handling mechanism which is similar to c#, Try..Catch block. In SQL Server, we can write...
2014-08-19 (first published: 2014-08-11)
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Blogs
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...
Simple Talks Podcasting in 2026
By Steve Jones
I’m in the UK today, having arrived this morning in London. Hopefully, by this...
SSMS 22 still inserting tabs instead of spaces
I’m not trying to start up a debate whether you should use tabs or...
Forums
Cumulative Update 23 - KB5074819 - Database Mail - No longer working.
Hi there, Has anyone else had any trouble with Database Mail in Cumulative Update...
Script Task execution error with HTTP request
I have a script task that tries to execute a HTTP request, which seems...
SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer...
Question of the Day
URL Safe or Not?
If I use BASE4_ENCODE() in SQL Server 2025, is the output URL Safe by default?
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