SQL Toast

Very rarely there is a need to force an execution plan and even more rarely we should be doing it....

2018-07-30 (first published: 2018-07-20)

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Send SMS from SQL Server

We have configured email alerts in our environment. Recently I had requirement of sending SMS for critical alerts on production...

2014-03-31

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There is a way by which we can merge the .trc and .blg files to get a great view as...

2013-10-17 (first published: 2013-10-09)

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INTRODUCTION
Statistics contain information about the data. How the data is distributed inside the table. They are representation of a table....

2013-09-29

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etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...

A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...

Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...

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What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)

SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';