Poll
If you haven't seen it, I started a poll in the editorial today. Check it out and give you answer:...
2005-11-11
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Blog Posts
Day Zero
Today's the day!!!
SQL Server is being released as I type this and I'm online listening to the keynote from Steve...
2005-11-07
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Boycott Sony
In general I have been a Sony fan for most of my life, starting with the Walkmans they brought out...
2005-11-04
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Looking For Technical Editors
If anyone is interested, we are looking for people that are interested
in doing some technical editing for our magazine, the...
2005-11-02
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It's Done
I wrote the editorial today about this, but SQL Server 2005 RTM'd yesterday!!!
If you an on MSDN Subscriber, you can...
2005-10-28
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The Plame Saga...
Living in the D.C metro area it is difficult to avoid politics,
policies and policy-makers. After 9/11 it became well nigh
impossible ...
2005-10-28
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The Great Uproar and some advice
My editorial
this past week had to do with a great uproar on the interviewing piece
that ran Monday. I felt I...
2005-10-20
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On vacation!
It was busy at work after returning from PASS which means my work day continued for 2 or 3 hours after I got...
2005-10-16
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Something About Nothing: NULL
You wouldn’t think that “nothing” would cause so many problems. But seriously, understanding how to correctly use NULLs is a...
2005-10-16
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Blogging Is Hard
Why is that? My Database Daily editorial for this week focuses on that and I thought it would be interesting...
2005-10-14
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Blogs
Understanding Zonal Redundancy in Azure SQL MI
By Arun Sirpal
Do you know what happens when you enable zonal redundancy for your SQL managed...
SQL Server Database Compatibility Levels
By Kevin3NF
Why You Shouldn’t Overlook This Quiet but Critical SQL Server Setting If you’ve...
The PASS Summit on Tour in the Netherlands
By Steve Jones
The PASS Summit goes on tour this year, with the final date the first...
Forums
How a Legacy Logic Choked SQL Server in a 30-Year-Old Factory
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How a Legacy Logic Choked...
Cycle Logs (non-error log)
Hello all, I am hoping that this is an easy question and I'm just...
Execution plan shows enormous number of records
The problem was reported to us by a customer. They shared a graphic execution...
Question of the Day
The Updated Columns List
I have this table in SQL Server 2022:
CREATE TABLE CustomerLarge (CustomerID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1) CONSTRAINT CustomerLargePK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED , CustomerName VARCHAR(20) , CustomerContactFirstName VARCHAR(40) , CustomerContactLastName VARCHAR(40) , Address VARCHAR(20) , Address2 VARCHAR(20) , City VARCHAR(20) , CountryCode CHAR(3) , Postal VARCHAR(20) ) GOIf I check the columns_updated() function return in a trigger, what is the data returned? See possible answers