Useful T-SQL queries and scripts to work in SQL Server
This post is about some queries and scripts that I use in my daily work on SQL Server. Some of...
2018-12-26 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 5 (Alchemical Reduction)
A T-SQL approach to solving the 2018 "Advent of Code" programming challenge. This solution includes a recursive case-sensitive string replacement.
The post Advent of Code 2018 – Day 5 (Alchemical...
2018-12-05
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 5 (Alchemical Reduction)
Advent of Code 2018 – Day 5
As I explained in a recent post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of Code...
2018-12-05
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 4 (Repose Record)
Advent of Code 2018 – Day 4
As I explained in a recent post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of Code...
2018-12-25 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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Basic Sequences–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-12-27 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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Flagrantly ignoring the 10% rule
My friend Michael J. Swart has a rule of thumb he calls Swart’s Ten Percent Rule. If you’re using over...
2018-12-05
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UDL files and connection strings
A co-worker showed me a really neat trick the other day. We deal with a lot of connection problems and...
2018-12-05
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Enabling Query Store
Performance tuning in SQL Server is one of the main jobs a DBA has. Starting with SQL Sever 2016 a...
2018-12-05
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SQL Data Discovery and Classification in SSMS 17.5
Data exploration and documentation can be cumbersome, classifying data can be one of those tedious but necessary things. With the...
2018-12-05
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Managing Logins and Users Across An Availability Group
What’s the deal with logins and availability groups?
I’m sure that we all, when creating a login that accesses a database...
2018-12-26 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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