Deleting a User that Owns a Schema
This was an interesting question I saw posted recently. Through SQL Server 2000, trying to delete a user that owned...
2018-09-17
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Learn about SQL Source Control in Redgate University
I love the SQL Source Control product from Redgate. It’s not perfect, and it can be slow to run at...
2018-09-17
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Query Store and Log Backups
A question that came up recently around Query Store is what happens when there are log backups in use on...
2018-09-17
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How do I grant permissions to view users and their permissions?
tl;dr; VIEW DEFINITION
Every now and again you’ll have a user that needs to be able to see what permissions other...
2018-09-17
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Batching data manipulation is great as long as you do it correctly
As Sinatra was fond of singing, “regrets, I’ve had a few.” And one of those came this week immediately after my presentation. This isn’t to say the presentation didn’t...
2018-09-15
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New Pluralsight Course – Provisioning Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
My new course “Provisioning Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines” in now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right...
2018-09-15
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New Pluralsight Course – Provisioning Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
My new course “Provisioning Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines” in now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check...
2018-09-15
314 reads
Steps for SQL DB Geo Replication
Unless you are living under a rock, you have most likely heard of the hurricane that is bearing down on...
2018-09-26 (first published: 2018-09-14)
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A Quick Intro to DevOps in Azure
Today, I’d like to discuss DevOps in Azure and tell you why you should consider using DevOps when you start...
2018-09-14
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Them Con+cat+enatin’ Blues
We ran into a funny problem not long ago, revolving around a stored procedure that was building up a dynamic...
2018-09-24 (first published: 2018-09-13)
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Blogs
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? - T-SQL Tuesday #204
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
How I Built RAG for My Accounting App on Bedrock and pgvector
The first version of my accounting assistant could not find a single purchase of...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Slow - Linked server query
Hi I have this slow query that is pulling data from a linked server....
Too Many Choices
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Question of the Day
Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers