When naming transactions causes an error
For the last part of the series on transactions, I’m going to look at a problem that I ran across...
2015-12-21 (first published: 2015-12-15)
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Model needs exclusive lock
Ran into an issue where a developer was trying to create a database and was denied due to no ability...
2015-12-15
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Model needs exclusive lock
Ran into an issue where a developer was trying to create a database and was denied due to no ability...
2015-12-15
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Installation SQL Server 2016
Here is some of the installation processes(https://thakurvinay.wordpress.com/category/installation/) Below is very nice step-by -step installation process for SQL Server 2016: http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/installing-sql-server-2016.html
2015-12-15
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Model needs exclusive lock
Ran into an issue where a developer was trying to create a database and was denied due to no ability...
2015-12-15
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2015-12-15
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Comparing data in two identical tables
Continuing with the recipes in SQL Server 2012 T-SQL recipes book – I was drawn to this puzzle that asked for...
2015-12-14
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Supporting Khan Academy
Khan Academy is doing a fund raiser and I just donated $10 to help out – my kids have easily gotten...
2015-12-15 (first published: 2015-12-14)
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The Writeable Warm Standby
I saw a question recently that went like this: I get one full backup from FTP. I’ll get daily log...
2015-12-23 (first published: 2015-12-14)
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Monday Morning SQL Break – December 14, 2015
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me...
2015-12-14
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Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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