Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I recently ran across some people discussing how...
2021-03-12 (first published: 2021-03-08)
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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...
2021-03-11
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I talked a few posts ago about Automatic Sample Sizes for Statistics Updates. From SQL 2016 CU4 we've been able to override that. You can manually update a statistics...
2021-03-11 (first published: 2021-03-09)
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As a SQL database administrator, I am responsible for maintaining our organization's SQL Server and databases. But despite implementing best database maintenance practices, including backups and performing DBCC CHECKDB...
2021-03-11 (first published: 2021-03-08)
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As we all know, there are various numeric data types, such as TINYINT, INT, SMALLINT, BIGINT, NUMERIC, DECIMAL, SMALLMONEY, MONEY and FLOAT. I was working on a SSIS package,...
2021-03-10 (first published: 2021-03-07)
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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...
2021-03-10
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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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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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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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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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By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
In all recent versions of the database you can call DBMS_UTILITY.EXPAND_SQL_TEXT to get the...
By Steve Jones
I type fairly well. Well, I type fast, but I do wear out a...
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