Winner of the worst recruiter of the year!
Every week I get a bunch of emails from recruiters about jobs that I am not qualified for (see Low-rate...
2013-08-27
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Blog Posts
Cumulative Update – 9 for SQL Server 2012 RTM Is Now Available !
The 9th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 RTM is now available. Cumulative Update 9 contains all the hotfixes...
2013-08-26
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Execute SSIS Packages with a Macro in BIDS
When running SSIS packages in BIDS it is common to click on the green arrow at the top of BIDS...
2013-08-26 (first published: 2013-08-19)
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #46
It’s Monday, it’s time for weekly round-up #46. As an introduction, if you follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the...
2013-08-26
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SQL – Identify & Drop Duplicate Index
This post explains the simple steps to identify a duplicate indexes in all the databases. The duplicate index are more than...
2013-08-26
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SQL Saturday 223 OKC
This past weekend I made the relatively short (about 3 hours) trip to the Oklahoma City area to attend and...
2013-08-26
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SQL Server – Script to get Service Account for all local instances
Earlier on my blog I posted on How to get SQL Server Service Account using T-SQL. That works on a...
2013-08-26
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SQL Server – Script to get Service Account for all local instances
Earlier on my blog I posted on How to get SQL Server Service Account using T-SQL. That works on a...
2013-08-26
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SQL Server – Script to get Service Account for all local instances
Earlier on my blog I posted on How to get SQL Server Service Account using T-SQL. That works on a...
2013-08-26
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Creating and Executing an SSIS Package Programmatically
One of the nice things about SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is its extensibility.
If you find you have need for...
2013-08-25
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Blogs
SSMS Is Getting Smarter—and This Isn’t Just About Writing SQL
Continuing with my takeaways from SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, let’s talk about...
Yippee-Kai-Yay 2027 Summit in Denver
By Steve Jones
Next year the PASS Data Community Summit is in DENVER! and London, but Denver...
PASS Data Community Summit 2026
By Steve Jones
Yesterday was the first day of sessions at the PASS Data Community Summit (after...
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Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers