If Exists (Select 1...) vs If Exists (select * ...)
If exists is a well known way to improve performance because it returns as soon as it matches a single...
2007-10-21
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday Update - 215 Registered!
We're at 215 registered with 3 weeks to the big day! This week I'll be having the last planning meeting...
2007-10-21
1,459 reads
ZFS & Hard Drive Defects
The most recent ACM Queue Magazine (Vol 5 #6, Sep/Oct 2007) had two really interesting articles. The first was about...
2007-10-21
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Suggestions for PASS Published on SSC
I wrote this article shortly after returning from the PASS 2007 Summit and tried hard to come up with ideas...
2007-10-18
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Suggested Reading: Deadlock Notifications in SQL Server 2005
Here's a good article on setting up Deadlock Notifications in SQL Server 2005 written by Patrick LeBlanc.
2007-10-16
1,483 reads
The Troubleshooting List & Replication Statement Delivery Options
All of these are new articles that have gone up on SSC recently. The troubleshooting one was my attempt to...
2007-10-14
628 reads
Bill Graziano Visits oPASS & JSSUG
Bill Graziano (main man at SQLTeam.com, consultant, and VP of PASS) was in town recently to speak at both the...
2007-10-13
683 reads
Schema as Folder
I'm catching up on my reading today and ran across an article from Kathi Kellenberger called Understanding the Difference between...
2007-10-13
604 reads
Partitioning Part 2 Posted on SSC
I'm a couple days late updating the blog, the article went up on Mon.
2007-10-11
572 reads
Views, Temp Tables, Data Types - Aha!
I spent last week onsite with a client teaching performance tuning and it was really a good week. Great company...
2007-10-08
606 reads
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
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What's the Date?
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Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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