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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Bert Wagner
4 Reasons To Avoid VARCHAR(8000)
Watch this week’s episode on YouTubeWhen first learning SQL Server, I had the brilliant idea of defining every column on...
2019-04-05 (first published: 2019-03-19)
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4 Reasons To Avoid VARCHAR(8000)
Watch this week's video on YouTube
When first learning SQL Server, I had the brilliant idea of defining every column on my table as VARCHAR(8000). After all, the VARCHAR datatype...
2019-03-19
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4 Reasons To Avoid VARCHAR(8000)
Watch this week's video on YouTube
When first learning SQL Server, I had the brilliant idea of defining every column on my table as VARCHAR(8000). After all, the VARCHAR datatype...
2019-03-19
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Gaps and Islands Across Date Ranges
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.In a traditional gaps and islands problem, the goal is to identify groups of continuous...
2019-03-12
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Gaps and Islands Across Date Ranges
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In a traditional gaps and islands problem, the goal is to identify groups of continuous data sequences (islands) and groups of data where the...
2019-03-12
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Gaps and Islands Across Date Ranges
Watch this week's video on YouTube
In a traditional gaps and islands problem, the goal is to identify groups of continuous data sequences (islands) and groups of data where the...
2019-03-12
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Dipping into the Cookie Jar
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #112 prompt by Shane O’Neill. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL...
2019-03-29 (first published: 2019-03-12)
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Dipping into the Cookie Jar
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #112 prompt by Shane O'Neill. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about different database and...
2019-03-12
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Dipping into the Cookie Jar
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #112 prompt by Shane O'Neill. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about different database and...
2019-03-12
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
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Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
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I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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