SQL Homework – January 2020 – Document, document, document
Happy New Year! It being New Year’s, at least by the Gregorian calendar, I thought we could make this month’s ... Continue reading
2020-01-01
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SQLStudies
What I’ve learned from Groundhog Day.
One of my all time favorite movies is Groundhog Day staring Bill Murray. In case you’ve never watched it (and ... Continue reading
2020-01-10 (first published: 2019-12-30)
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Viewing Azure SQL DB security with sp_AzSQLDBPermissions
A few months back I put the Azure SQL DB version of my permissions script into beta. I’m not sure ... Continue reading
2019-12-18
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What happens if I disable the clustered index?
You are probably already aware that you can disable an index. This can be handy when you have a large ... Continue reading
2019-12-30 (first published: 2019-12-16)
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Session Evaluations from “SQL Server Security from the Ground Up”
I was recently given the opportunity to speak at Pass Summit. As always (this is the second time) this was ... Continue reading
2019-12-12
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A gift. T-SQL Tuesday #121
My good friend Malathi Mahadevan (blog|twitter) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month and wants us to talk about Gifts received ... Continue reading
2019-12-23 (first published: 2019-12-10)
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Error message: http://System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Conversion failed when converting the varchar value ‘NULL’ to data type int.
I love this error. Primarily because it demonstrates two very important things. Errors matter. Make sure when you ask someone ... Continue reading
2019-12-11 (first published: 2019-12-05)
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SQL Homework – December 2019 – The default trace and the system health session.
I know this is the holiday season for many of us (which ones depend on your religion and nationality of ... Continue reading
2019-12-17 (first published: 2019-12-02)
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Bad Idea Cowboy Hat: BEGIN TRANSACTION; GO 1000;
One of my favorite presentations is Revenge the SQL by Rob Volk (blog|twitter). It’s a demonstration of a lot of ... Continue reading
2019-12-12 (first published: 2019-11-27)
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#PowershellBasics: Working with arrays
I mentioned arrays in a previous post so I figured I should talk about what they are and how to ... Continue reading
2019-12-06 (first published: 2019-11-25)
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Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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