6 Techniques For Troubleshooting Your Code
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #105 prompt by Wayne Sheffield. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about...
2018-08-14
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Bert Wagner
Displaying Long Values in SSMS
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I write a lot of dynamic SQL and frequently encounter variables that...
2018-08-07
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Displaying Long Values in SSMS
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I write a lot of dynamic SQL and frequently encounter variables that contain many characters:
DECLARE @LongValue NVARCHAR(MAX) = CAST('' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) +
N'SELECT
...
2018-08-07
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Displaying Long Values in SSMS
Watch this week's video on YouTube
I write a lot of dynamic SQL and frequently encounter variables that contain many characters:
DECLARE @LongValue NVARCHAR(MAX) = CAST('' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) +
N'SELECT
...
2018-08-07
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Should You Use Index Hints?
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One of the things that the SQL Server query optimizer does is determine how to...
2018-08-16 (first published: 2018-07-31)
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Should You Use Index Hints?
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One of the things that the SQL Server query optimizer does is determine how to retrieve the data requested by your query.
Usually it does...
2018-07-31
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Should You Use Index Hints?
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One of the things that the SQL Server query optimizer does is determine how to retrieve the data requested by your query.
Usually it does...
2018-07-31
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Pinal Dave Helps Me Fix My Performance Tuning Problems
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This week I was fortunate enough to film a video in...
2018-07-24
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Pinal Dave Helps Me Fix My Performance Tuning Problems
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This week I was fortunate enough to film a video in collaboration with Pinal Dave, the SQL Authority himself. Pinal is creative, hilarious, and...
2018-07-24
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Pinal Dave Helps Me Fix My Performance Tuning Problems
Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week I was fortunate enough to film a video in collaboration with Pinal Dave, the SQL Authority himself. Pinal is creative, hilarious, and...
2018-07-24
Blogs
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Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
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Back at Small Data SF in 2025
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Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the...
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Distributed Availability Group Issue / Misunderstanding.
Not sure if this is a tech mistake I've made or a lack of...
Large posts full of code not allowed anymore?
Several times now, I've seen a post asking for a solution. I've replied, and...
Data > Hype
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Question of the Day
Slipstream parameters
What parameters are needed to enable a slipstream installation for setup.exe (SQL Server setup)?
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