Table Value Constructors in TSQL
Last week’s quiz was on Table Value Constructors in TSQL. Essentially, table value constructors let you create a dataset on the fly. These can occasionally be useful in writing...
2018-08-07
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Displaying Long Values in SSMS
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I write a lot of dynamic SQL and frequently encounter variables that...
2018-08-07
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Displaying Long Values in SSMS
Watch this week's video on YouTube
I write a lot of dynamic SQL and frequently encounter variables that contain many characters:
DECLARE @LongValue NVARCHAR(MAX) = CAST('' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) +
N'SELECT
...
2018-08-07
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Displaying Long Values in SSMS
Watch this week's video on YouTube
I write a lot of dynamic SQL and frequently encounter variables that contain many characters:
DECLARE @LongValue NVARCHAR(MAX) = CAST('' AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) +
N'SELECT
...
2018-08-07
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Azure SQL Data Warehouse and Backups
Just because the cloud movement is strong doesn’t mean the end of “DBA’s”, it does mean a change in skills...
2018-08-07
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Analyze Actual Execution Plan
One of the many new sets of functionality introduced in SQL Server Management Studio 17 is the new option “Analyze...
2018-08-22 (first published: 2018-08-06)
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SSL Provider error 31 when connecting to SQL in a docker container
I recently bought a Dell XPS 13 running Ubuntu 16.04 and ran into an issue when connecting SQL Operations Studio...
2018-08-06
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SQL Saturday Denver 2018
Come see my presentation on Machine Learning Server for SQL Server at SQL Saturday Denver
2018-08-06
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T-SQL Formatters
The other day I was given a truly horribly formatted piece of SQL. Something a bit like this only worse,...
2018-08-06
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A Quick Look At The All New Undercover Catalogue, Preview Release Due Out Soon…
I thought I’d give you all a little preview of our latest offering, the Undercover Catalogue which should be available...
2018-08-06
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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