How Do I Spot Identity Columns That Are About to Max Out?
Every so often, usually in the middle of the night or on a holiday weekend, an identity column will hit...
2010-10-05
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Adventures in SQL
Can Deadlocks be Resolved by Adding an Index?
Can Deadlocks be Resolved by Adding an Index? Yes. Really, I’m not kidding. Here, I’ll show you how.
First, let me...
2010-09-27
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A Little Help with Azure Please
Not long ago Microsoft announced a new product called Azure AKA “SQL Server in the Cloud”. I have to say...
2010-09-23
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What Did that Geek Just Say?
Working in a technical field has it’s ups and downs. One of the more common annoyances I run into is...
2010-09-21
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What Did that Geek Just Say?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, maintains a Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures. The dictionary is a great place to go to find out what people...
2010-09-21
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What Did that Geek Just Say?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, maintains a Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures. The dictionary is a great place to go to find out what people...
2010-09-21
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How is Fill Factor Impacting My Indexes?
The theme for this month's T-SQL Tuesday is indexes so it seemed like the perfect excuse to blog about a script that I have written to see what choices...
2010-09-14
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How is Fill Factor Impacting My Indexes?
The theme for this month's T-SQL Tuesday is indexes so it seemed like the perfect excuse to blog about a script that I have written to see what choices...
2010-09-14
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How is Fill Factor Impacting My Indexes?
The theme for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday is indexes so it seemed like the perfect excuse to blog about a...
2010-09-14
840 reads
Quote of the Day
I do not usually post a quote of the day but since this is my own quote I decided to...
2010-09-13
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Blogs
SQL Server Logins vs. Users: Why You Really Need to Know the Difference
By Kevin3NF
The Two-Layer Model Explained “We added them to the database, but they still can’t...
Using AI to Test a SQL Query
By Steve Jones
Someone sent me this code. WITH p AS ( SELECT ID, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER...
Your SQL Starting Line: Best Free Databases for Beginners
Wondering which database to tackle first? I’ve got the lowdown on the top free...
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Removing a File
I attempted to use ALTER DATABASE to remove a file from my filegroup in SQL Server 2022. There are 4 files in this filegroup, but I don't need them all. However, I received a message that the file was not empty. How do I empty this file so it can be removed?
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