Joining on NULLs
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It's important to be aware of columns that allow NULL values since SQL Server may handle NULLs differently than you might expect.
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2019-03-26
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Blog Posts
Joining on NULLs
It’s important to be aware of columns that allow NULL values since SQL Server may handle NULLs differently than you might expect. Today I want to look at what...
2019-03-26
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Persisting databases with named volumes on Windows with docker compose
With all things containers I refer to my good friend Andrew Pruski. Known as dbafromthecold on twitter he blogs at https://dbafromthecold.com I was reading his latest blog post Using...
2019-03-26
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Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL Server 2019 – Simpler functions
I recently published a post detailing the new Scalar UDF Inlining feature in SQL 2019 here. That post introduced the...
2019-03-26 (first published: 2019-03-11)
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Using Kubernetes Deployments for Updating SQL Server
In Kubernetes we can leverage Controllers to help manage our application state, keeping them in the desired state. In this...
2019-03-26 (first published: 2019-03-12)
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An Experiment with Deadlocks
There seems to be a myth out there that when deadlocks come a-knocking, then just throw this little directive (ROWLOCK) at it and all will be well. This is...
2019-03-25
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An Experiment with Deadlocks
There seems to be a myth out there that when deadlocks come a-knocking, then just throw this little directive (ROWLOCK) at it and all will be well. This is...
2019-03-25
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Can You Force A Parallel Plan in Query Store?
I love the questions I get when presenting: Can You Force a Parallel Plan in Query Store. I haven’t a clue. The trick I think is going to be...
2019-03-25
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Changing physical locations of all DBs
I got a request this week from an application engineer. The request was to move ALL physical database files from...
2019-03-25 (first published: 2012-07-02)
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Communication in Azure: using Data Factory to send messages to Azure Service Bus
(2019-Mar-10) A conversation between two or more people involves continuous efforts to listen and reflect on what other people have to...
2019-03-25 (first published: 2019-03-10)
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Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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Five Intelligent Query Processing Features in SQL Server 2022 That Quietly Tune Your Workload
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Checking the Error Log I
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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