SELECT COUNT(*) vs COUNT(1) vs COUNT(ColumnName)
What is the difference between COUNT(*), COUNT(1) and COUNT(ColumnName)? A mystery that will never be known… ok that was a...
2011-09-15
13,149 reads
Blog Posts
ColoradoSQL in September
All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 p.m. and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend...
2011-09-14
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How pure is your data?
It was a normal Monday. I was going over some HA designs and planning the joys of setting up log...
2011-09-14
2,316 reads
I Don’t Know
I wanted to write this because lately I say “I don’t know” a couple times a day to my client/boss....
2011-09-14
629 reads
Normalize your Linked Server Names
This is a technique I’m sure many people are already using in their environments. Instead of using the actual name...
2011-09-14
3,599 reads
Speaking at SQL Saturday 89
With a late cancellation with one of our speakers a hole was opened on our speaker lineup. I reached out...
2011-09-14
424 reads
SQL Saturday #92 Lunch: Bend Area Gathering
There's nothing more I love than free food and SQL Server, no joke. I take my free food and SQL...
2011-09-14
527 reads
SQL Server “Denali”: Installing on a Virtual Machine
With CTP3 for SQL Server Denali available, a lot of us want to play with all the new cool features, as well as...
2011-09-14
1,723 reads
SQL Server 2011 “Denali”: Four new useful DMV
SQL Server 2011 “Denali” CTP3 introduced couple of new Dynamic Management Views (DMV). However, documentation says that some of them...
2011-09-14
739 reads
SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Installing on a Virtual Machine
With CTP3 for SQL Server 2012 (code name of “Denali”) available, a lot of us want to play with all the new...
2011-09-14
1,641 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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