Code examples : T-SQL Tuesday #143
It’s TSQL Tuesday! John Armando McCormack (blog|twitter) is our host this month and he’d like us to share some of ... Continue reading
2021-10-12
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SQLStudies
Dealing with foreign keys when deleting rows.
Deleting rows from a table is a pretty simple task right? Not always. Foreign keys, while providing a ton of ... Continue reading
2021-10-07
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SQL Homework – October 2021 – What can you tell me about the server your SQL Server instance is on?
Here are some really common questions I get: How many CPUs does ServerA have? How much memory does ServerA have? ... Continue reading
2021-10-05
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A DBA horror story in database file extensions.
CREATE DATABASE [Story]
ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'Story', FILENAME = N'C:DataStory.mdf',SIZE = 101MB),
FILEGROUP [Line1]
( NAME = N'File1', FILENAME = N'C:Data_.It',SIZE = 102MB),
( NAME =...
2021-10-18 (first published: 2021-09-30)
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Audit Columns
One of the easiest ways to collect information about table activity is to add a series of audit columns to ... Continue reading
2021-10-11 (first published: 2021-09-28)
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#PowershellBasics: Bulk insert.
In my last post I talked about invoke-sqlcmd. It’s a nice easy way to run a query or a .sql ... Continue reading
2021-10-04 (first published: 2021-09-21)
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#PowershellBasics: Running a .sql script file.
As with all programming tasks there are a number of ways to do something, this is just one that I ... Continue reading
2021-09-27 (first published: 2021-09-16)
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Database Sizes
Quick query today. I needed a list of database sizes so came up with this: Nothing exciting, but I figure ... Continue reading
2021-09-22 (first published: 2021-09-14)
442 reads
Remote Desktop: Force the resolution to match the screen size.
One of the things I hate most about using remote desktop is when the resolution for the remote server is ... Continue reading
2021-09-09
47 reads
Auditing with “C2 Auditing” and “Common Criteria Compliance”
I’m going to be fairly high level on these because to be honest, if you are going to use them ... Continue reading
2021-09-07
73 reads
Blogs
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM
By Steve Jones
I had a few random questions from my Running a Local LLM on Your...
Overview of Claude AI Models: Which One to Choose?
By Arun Sirpal
For those entering the AI space whether professionally or personally I wanted to give...
Forums
A question about how to store the address in the database
I have an app that has an address field on the customer and the...
SSIS package failing intermittently on last Excel Component
Good Afternoon, I have a Job which "fires" off an SSIS package (that is...
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL in SQL Server 2025:...
Question of the Day
Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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