Count(*) or Count(1) ?
Every so often on the on-line forums, the question of : Which is better Count(*) or Count(1) ? will occur. So can...
2010-07-27
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Dave Ballantynes blog
SQLBits 7
For those that may of missed it, voting for SQLBits sessions is now open. Make your voice heard and get...
2010-07-20
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Using a UDF as a SARG. Make a hash of it!
I am somewhat uncomfortable blogging this, as I feel that it falls into “Polish a turd” category. Having said that,...
2010-07-02
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Kent Sql Server UserGroup
One of my back burner projects is to setup a local user group.
I'm delighted to now say that this is...
2010-06-28
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SQL 101 : Without “ORDER BY”, order is not guaranteed.
It’s as simple as that. If you don’t specify ORDER BY, then the order of your result set is not...
2010-06-26
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SQL Server XML Schemas
Ever been curious about the schema of , say an SSRS rdl file ? How about the execution plan ?
Not only should...
2010-06-15
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Challenge 19 – An Explanation of a Query
I have received a number of requests for an explanation of my winning query of TSQL Challenge 19. This involved...
2010-05-27
1,714 reads
Increasing deadlocks with NoLock
One of my personal pet issues is with inappropriate use of the NOLOCK hint (and read uncommitted) . Don't get me...
2010-04-23
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Cross Apply Ambiguity
Cross apply (and outer apply) are a very welcome addition to the TSQL language. However, today after a few hours...
2010-03-26
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Output = MAXDOP 1
It is widely know that data modifications on table variables do not support parallelism, Peter Larsson has a good example...
2010-03-04
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
Forums
Automating OSM Data Refresh in Power BI’s Azure Maps Reference Layer
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Database Mail Configuration
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Question of the Day
Database Mail Configuration
If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?
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