A Very Simple Blocking Alert
Blocking in SQL Server can be good – after all, it’s one of the ways consistency is guaranteed – we usually don’t want data written to by two processes...
2021-05-13
5 reads
Sqlrider - Speed enthusiast
T-SQL Tuesday #138
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Andy Leonard who has poised the question ‘What do you do when technology changes underneath you?’ I was going to begin by...
2021-05-11
13 reads
What do you do when technology changes underneath you? (T-SQL Tuesday #138)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Andy Leonard who has poised the question ‘What do you do when technology changes underneath you?’ I was going to begin by...
2021-05-11
1 reads
SSIS – Arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to datatype int
I recently encountered a SSIS package that was failing due to an ‘arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to datatype int’; Conversion/overflow errors aren’t that unusual – normally a data...
2021-04-06
48 reads
Serverless Azure SQL DB can show incorrect data space usage in the Portal
A quick PSA on the behaviour of Serverless Azure SQL DB space reporting in the Azure Portal. I recently had to shrink a large Azure SQL DB for cost...
2021-03-31
25 reads
Getting SQL Services Information with Powershell
Hopefully you already know everything about your SQL estate, including what services are installed and what’s running them, either because it’s so small you just know, or, preferably, you...
2021-03-15
19 reads
Blogs
Teaching at the SC Statewide Audit Conference
By Brian Kelley
Instead of teaching the CISA exam prep course, I'm teaching in the IT track....
Upgrading SQL Server in a Container
By Steve Jones
I decided to update software on my laptop recently during a trip. I’m loathe...
SQL Server Editions: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters
By Kevin3NF
Understanding the Limits Before You Hit Them If you’re responsible for a SQL Server...
Forums
is there a reorg available in sql server?
hi i have a 67 million row fact table that needs about 30 million...
The Technical Debt Anchor
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Technical Debt Anchor
Getting the Updated Column List
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Getting the Updated Column List
Question of the Day
Getting the Updated Column List
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
UPDATE dbo.CustomerLarge SET CustomerContactFirstName = 'Andy' WHERE CustomerID = 1 SELECT COLUMNS_UPDATED()See possible answers