SQL Homework – September 2021 – How good is your recovery plan?
Last month I had you create a security standards document. This month we are going to document our recovery plan. ... Continue reading
2021-09-15 (first published: 2021-09-02)
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SQLStudies
Rule 1: Be kind, be polite.
In my house, this is rule one. Sometimes it’s my wife or I reminding our kids, sometimes it’s them reminding ... Continue reading
2021-09-17 (first published: 2021-08-31)
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The sysname datatype defaults to not NULL.
The other day I was creating a table to store some metadata. Since the metadata I was collecting (sys.databases.name for ... Continue reading
2021-09-10 (first published: 2021-08-26)
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Error: Cannot continue the execution because the session is in the kill state.
This was a rather interesting error. I’d certainly never seen it before, and based on one of the answers to ... Continue reading
2021-08-24
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A new presentation on Auditing your databases
I’m giving a presentation at the PASS Data Community Summit 2021 being put on by Redgate! It’s going to be ... Continue reading
2021-08-19
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Experiment: Does sp_recompile on a table update associated views.
tldr: No. You have to use sp_refreshview. One of the only good things to come out of all of the ... Continue reading
2021-09-01 (first published: 2021-08-17)
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Work requests: It’s broke. Fix it.
Many years ago I was given a work request that literally just said: It’s broke. Fix it. I’m sure you ... Continue reading
2021-09-03 (first published: 2021-08-12)
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Thoughts on a work/life balance – Spend Wisely : T-SQL Tuesday #141
Wow, it’s TSQL Tuesday again! Tjay Belt (blog|twitter) is our host this month and he’d like us to talk about ... Continue reading
2021-08-27 (first published: 2021-08-10)
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Interview Tip: Know your resume
Seriously. Make a point of reading your resume before submitting it, and again before an interview. I’ve been helping with ... Continue reading
2021-08-20 (first published: 2021-08-05)
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SQL Homework – August 2021 – Security Standards
A few years back (wow time flies) I had you Work with Security. It’s been a while so if you ... Continue reading
2021-08-18 (first published: 2021-08-03)
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Blogs
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Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
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The Long Name
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Question of the Day
The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?