You absolutely need to know about the servers you have under management in your estate. You need to know about...

2019-03-19

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4 Reasons To Avoid VARCHAR(8000)

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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)

1,618 reads

4 Reasons To Avoid VARCHAR(8000)

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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

16 reads

4 Reasons To Avoid VARCHAR(8000)

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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

16 reads

Weekly reading #7

by damianwidera

Coding Family

It is MVP Summit time! I have not made it this year unfortunately. I hope all MVPs have a greate...

2019-03-18

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Why to Avoid Using the Current Database Name in Object Definitions in SQL Server

by administrator

SQLServerCentral

I’ve recently published an article, “Why You Shouldn’t Hardcode the Current Database Name in Your Views, Functions, and Stored Procedures,” over on Simple Talk. In the article, I discuss:...