Use Snippets in SSMS to insert blocks of code (Day 19)
Snippets allow you to store and easily reuse TSQL code snippets. To use a snippet, just right-click in the query...
2018-01-19
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
Use Snippets in SSMS to insert blocks of code (Day 19)
Snippets allow you to store and easily reuse TSQL code snippets. To use a snippet, just right-click in the query...
2018-01-19
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Template Explorer (Day 18)
You may have noticed that in many places in SSMS, you can create a new item and SSMS opens up...
2018-01-18
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Template Explorer (Day 18)
You may have noticed that in many places in SSMS, you can create a new item and SSMS opens up...
2018-01-18
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Add color to connections (Day 17)
Have you ever wished for a visual indicator that you are connected to a production instance of SQL Server? Well,...
2018-01-17
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Add color to connections (Day 17)
Have you ever wished for a visual indicator that you are connected to a production instance of SQL Server? Well,...
2018-01-17
151 reads
Assign a keyboard shortcut to menu items (Day 16)
You may have noticed that there are many menu commands that don’t have a keyboard shortcut. For instance, SQLCMD mode...
2018-01-16
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Assign a keyboard shortcut to menu items (Day 16)
You may have noticed that there are many menu commands that don’t have a keyboard shortcut. For instance, SQLCMD mode...
2018-01-16
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Query Shortcuts in SSMS (Day 15)
There are several shortcuts that can be assigned to run a stored procedure. Known as Query Shortcuts, these can be...
2018-01-15
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Object Explorer Drag-N-Drop (Day 14)
Did you know that items in the Object Explorer can be dragged and dropped into a query window? This can...
2018-01-14
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Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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