How SQL Server Synonyms Help Database DevOps
Synonyms inside SQL Server are one of those useful but forgotten features. A synonym is a database level object that allows you to provide an alternative name for another...
2021-03-10
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Blog Posts
Microsoft Ignite Announcements 2021
Microsoft Ignite has always announced many new products and new product features, and this year was no exception. Many exciting announcements, and below I list the major data platform and...
2021-03-10 (first published: 2021-03-04)
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Quick NoLock with SQL Prompt
First, please, please, please, avoid NoLock. You can lose data, or get strange results, as Jason Strate demonstrates (blog | video). Before you read further or try this, read...
2021-03-10
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A New Git Default Branch
I learned a new trick from Andrew Pruski. In a blog on avoiding PowerPoint, he had htis neat trick: git config --global init.defaultBranch main Apparently, this is a new...
2021-03-09 (first published: 2021-03-01)
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Daily Coping 9 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-09
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Disabling Non-Clustered Indexes For Fun and Profit
One of the frequently quoted ETL best practices is to disable your non-clustered indexes during a data load. Basically the conventional wisdom is that you disable the non-clustered indexes,...
2021-03-09 (first published: 2021-03-02)
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SQL server BIGINT
It has been a while since I wrote a blog post for TSQL Tuesday and there is no better time then now following on from Brent Ozar’s Invite about...
2021-03-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #136: Your Favorite (or Least Favorite) Data Type
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month, and this month Brent Ozar (blog | twitter) asks us to talk about data...
2021-03-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #136: Your Favorite (or Least Favorite) Data Type
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month, and this month Brent Ozar (blog | twitter) asks us to talk about data...
2021-03-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #136–The Datatype Blog
It’s that time of the month again, and this time it’s an interesting topic. The invitation is from Iceland, where Brent Ozar has relocated for the foreseeable future. I’m...
2021-03-09
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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