SQL 2012 Identity Columns Feature
Recently, a customer mentioned that they seemed to be missing records in tables they don’t delete from. Generally, at this...
2016-02-25
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DBCC Just Runs Faster, Unless You’re Cheap
The CSS SQL Server Engineers have released a post showing that consistency checks using DBCC CHECKDB is faster and scales...
2016-02-25
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Well that’s just neat: Row Level Security, new in SQL Server 2016
SQL Server 2016 offers Row Level Security, which sounds awfully cool. It’s apparently been available in Azure for a while,...
2016-02-25
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SQL Filegroup/File Proportional Fill Algorithm
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] I had a question at work recently where there was some confusion around how SQL Server allocates data across data files within a filegroup...
2016-02-24
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SQL Filegroup/File Proportional Fill Algorithm
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
I had a question at work recently where there was some confusion around how SQL...
2016-03-02 (first published: 2016-02-24)
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Grabbing Fitbit Data
Recently the T-SQL Tuesday topic was Power BI. A cool topic, and an interesting application.
I saw Rob Farley build a...
2016-02-24
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SQL – List Server and DB Permsission
Database Level Permission
DECLARE@DBuser_sql VARCHAR(4000)DECLARE@DBuser_table TABLE(
DBName VARCHAR(200),
UserName VARCHAR(250),
LoginType VARCHAR(500),
AssociatedDatabaseRole VARCHAR(200))SET@DBuser_sql='
SELECT "[?]" AS DBName,a.name AS Name,
a.type_desc AS LoginType,
USER_NAME(b.role_principal_id) AS AssociatedDatabaseRole
FROM [?].sys.database_principals a
LEFT OUTER...
2016-02-24
636 reads
HP Superdome X for high-end OLTP/DW
No, Superdome X is not the name of the stadium where they played in the last Super Bowl. Rather, Superdome...
2016-02-25 (first published: 2016-02-24)
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Query Store and Recompile
One of the many advantages of SQL Cruise is the ability to have enough time during a presentation to be...
2016-02-24
630 reads
Powershell script to create multiple SQL Server Connections
As with most of these types of things, I had a need. I want to show how using sys.dm_exec_[requests/sessions/connections] is...
2016-02-24
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Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
Forums
How do I connect to a SQL Server database on my ISP?
I've got a web application for my side business. I've added a SQL Server...
Looking for New Blood
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Server-Level Row Counts for Tables and Views
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Server-Level Row Counts for Tables...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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