SQLSaturday #184 in New Haven, CT - March 2, 2013
So much SQL, and so little Saturdays. SQLSaturday is truly a world-class event
happening all over the globe. Just this
past Saturday,...
2013-02-04
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Frequently asked SQL Server Queries
Data to test:
CREATETABLE [dbo].[emp]( [emp_id]
[nchar](10)NULL, [emp_name]
[nchar](10)NULL, [salary]
[int] NULL)ON [PRIMARY] insert emp( emp_id,emp_name,salary ) select'1','ABC',-20000 insert emp( emp_id,emp_name,salary ) select'2','XYZ',-5000 insert emp( emp_id,emp_name,salary ) select'3','PQR',-7800 insert emp( emp_id,emp_name,salary...
2013-02-04
758 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 3 (Security)
Welcome to Day 3 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-03
1,617 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 2 (Variables and Operators)
Welcome to Day 2 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-02
1,865 reads
Using Inline “With” Blocks to Augment a VB.NET Default Constructor
Say you have a simple data transfer class that looks like this:
Public Class Employee
Public Property Name As String
Public...
2013-02-02
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Feb 2013)
Here is the February 2013 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2013-02-01
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Ask the Unicorn: Why is it Important to Know Tables in Filegroups?
Earlier this week, I wrote a quick blog post on a throw-away script I had written. The blog post was DETERMINING...
2013-02-01
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SQL Intersection 2013 – Las Vegas in April
It’s not too hot, it can be fun, and after a full day of SQL Server learning, there are lots...
2013-02-01
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FLOAT datatype casting issue
Do you use the FLOAT datatype? If so you had better read this……
Today I came across an issue somebody posted...
2013-02-01
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Reblog: January 25 to January 31
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-02-01
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
Forums
Massive Table Growth Issue – How to Set Up Filegroup Usage Alerts?
Hello We recently encountered an issue where a SQL table unexpectedly grew in size...
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
select bit_count(null)See possible answers