Cartesian/Cross Join
I was once asked in a job interview if I knew what a Cartesian/Cross Join was.
A more interesting question is:...
2012-02-19
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Blog Posts
How can I configure SQL Server to listen on multiple TCP/IP ports?
Run the SQL Server Configuration Manager, expand SQL Server Network Configuration and select the protocols for appropriate instance. Double click...
2012-02-18
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SQL Server Isolation Levels By Example
Isolation levels in SQL Server control the way locking works between transactions.
SQL Server 2008 supports the following isolation levels
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2012-02-18
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SQLMidlands & SQLLunch
Many thanks to all those that turned out to see my presentation on Thursday (16th of Feb) of “Cursors are...
2012-02-18
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2012-02-17
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Building Visual Studio Deployment Projects With MSBuild
I recently hit what I would call a fairly serious limitation of MSBuild and that is that it cant build...
2012-02-17
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
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Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
BIT_COUNT() V
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How We Reduced SQL Server Infrastructure Costs by 33% on AWS: Lessons From a Database Operations Manager
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BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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