SQL Server Crossword #3 – Solution
Here’s the solution to SQL Server Crossword #3.
I hope you enjoyed it. Let me know if you would like me...
2011-03-27
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Blog Posts
Index Black Ops Series
Previously, in a TSQL2sDay index summary post, I started a series on the DMV sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats. The series investigates how the...
2011-03-26
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An Analogy is like a Tree….
For years, I’ve been trying to express how everything ties into everything else. A big part of understanding any given...
2011-03-25
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DevWeek 2011 – Day 1
Unfortunately, I couldn’t be in two places at one time, there were two tracks dedicated to the SQL Server DBA...
2011-03-25
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How Many Bytes Are In My Column? – T-SQL Functions
One of the things you want to be aware of when writing T-SQL is using the proper function for a...
2011-03-25
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NOLOCK for Developers
What is NOLOCK?
NOLOCK is a table hint for SQL Server that tells the engine to not take locks and ignore...
2011-03-25
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OUG Back to Basics Event – London Mar 2011
First Things First
At UKOUGs’ Back to Basics Special Event held in London today (Mar 24th), Niall Litchfield presented a very worthwhile...
2011-03-25
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The Mystery Of The Slow Last Row
Things Go South
Recently I was troubleshooting a piece of software that archives data out of a very active import table....
2011-03-25
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Why I don’t like NULLs and Nullable Columns
As I imagine (or hope), the majority of us adhere to some form of standards in the environment that they...
2011-03-25
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Fast File Copy With Managed Code: UBCopy update!
If you have been following my trials with working with C# and files you know it hasn’t been a bed...
2011-03-24
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Forums
Cross-DB Ownership Chaining problem
We want to setup a gateway db to host stored procedures which use tables...
Lots of FKs
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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