CTEs beyond SELECT
The other day I was writing a query to pull some DMV information and I ended up using several CTEs...
2012-11-20
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Explore file physical structure - Insert Row - Part 2
1. Create sample db
use master
go
CREATE DATABASE [test] ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'test', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master\test.mdf' , SIZE = 3072KB , FILEGROWTH = 1024KB...
2012-11-20
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SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 CU1 is Available
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 1, which is Build 11.0.3321. I count 44 fixes...
2012-11-20
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Explore file physical structure - Insert Row - part 1
1. Create sample db
use master
go
CREATE DATABASE [test] ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'test', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master\test.mdf' , SIZE = 3072KB , FILEGROWTH = 1024KB...
2012-11-20
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Explore file physical structure - variable length row
1. Create sample db
use master
go
CREATE DATABASE [test] ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'test', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master\test.mdf' , SIZE = 3072KB , FILEGROWTH = 1024KB...
2012-11-20
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – systypes
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-20
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Rules of Holes #6: Don't Draw Others Into the Hole with You
In the Fifth Rules of Holes, you were encouraged to seek help from others in order to extricate youself from the Hole. And it should have been clear in...
2012-11-20
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Rules of Holes #6: Don't Draw Others Into the Hole with You
In the Fifth Rules of Holes, you were encouraged to seek help from others in order to extricate youself from the Hole. And it should have been clear in...
2012-11-20
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Blogging for Beginners
Last week at the PASS Summit, I had several conversations with several different aspiring bloggers, and found myself saying the...
2012-11-20
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Rules of Holes #6: Don't Draw Others Into the Hole with You
In the Fifth Rules of Holes, you were encouraged to seek help from others in order to extricate youself from...
2012-11-20
806 reads
Blogs
SSMS Is Getting Smarter—and This Isn’t Just About Writing SQL
Continuing with my takeaways from SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, let’s talk about...
Yippee-Kai-Yay 2027 Summit in Denver
By Steve Jones
Next year the PASS Data Community Summit is in DENVER! and London, but Denver...
PASS Data Community Summit 2026
By Steve Jones
Yesterday was the first day of sessions at the PASS Data Community Summit (after...
Forums
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Switching Schemas I
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Enforcing Unique Customer Emails When Duplicates Already Exist
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Question of the Day
Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers