How to remove CardinalityEstimate in query plan on computed columns…

Hello,
I have come across a really good tip if you’re using computed columns that involve a concatenation of columns and...

Quick tip, ever needed to manipulate SQL on many lines in SSMS? now you can….

Have you ever had the need to select values that are directly on the next line down but drag-and-drop selects...

Increasing database unit tests connection timeout period in VS 2012

Have your ever had a timeout error in a visual studio 2012 unit test like below?

How to get around this...

A quick hint – evaluating 2 tables in one IF BEGIN END block

Have you ever wanted to evaluate 2 tables in one IF BEGIN END block, I firstly wrote this:-

Which always evaluated...

Generating a unique identifier outside of SQL and persisting it…

I’ve been thinking about a question from a application developer regarding generating a unique identifier outside of SQL and persisting...

Generating a unique identifier outside of SQL and persisting it…

I’ve been thinking about a question from a application developer regarding generating a unique identifier outside of SQL and persisting...

CDC changes column-by-column instead of row-by-row, can you improve it???

CDC changes column-by-column instead of row-by-row, can you improve it???.

Using a system function as a computed column within a table-value function….

Wouldn’t it be nice if SQL Server allowed this functionality? for instance if did the below:-

I get the above error....

CDC changes column-by-column instead of row-by-row, can you improve it???

I’m writing a table value function that returns a cdc recordset that, instead of returning changed data row-by-row, I need...

Restore SQL Server databases remotely using my SQL CLR

Has anyone ever though of pushing a SQL Server database backup out remotely? (SQL Native andor RedGate Backups) My idea...