What is a distributed transaction?
A while back I did a post defining a transaction. Basically, a transaction is a unit of work. The example ... Continue reading
2019-06-13 (first published: 2019-05-28)
816 reads
SQLStudies
Using VALUES to construct an in-line table.
This has come up a few times recently, I find it rather fascinating and I can never seem to remember ... Continue reading
2019-06-07 (first published: 2019-05-22)
1,163 reads
Bad Idea Cowboy Hat: Using a foreign key to prevent updates
When I decided to rip off of Brent Ozar’s (b/t) Bad Idea Jeans series (yes I asked) I decided that ... Continue reading
2019-06-06 (first published: 2019-05-20)
987 reads
Security Learning Pathway at PASS Summit.
This year PASS is trying something new at PASS Summit. There are going to be Learning Pathways. A learning pathway ... Continue reading
2019-05-17
13 reads
How was it done back in the day? T-SQL Tuesday #114
It’s TSQL Tuesday and Matthew McGiffen (b/t) is our host with a subject near and dear to my heart. Puzzles! ... Continue reading
2019-05-27 (first published: 2019-05-14)
477 reads
Why am I getting an NT AUTHORITYANONYMOUS error when creating or altering a stored procedure?
If you have to deal with linked servers then you probably have or will run into the following error: Login ... Continue reading
2019-05-08
89 reads
db_owner in msdb == sysadmin
This doesn’t require much in the way discussion. This isn’t exactly a huge issue since I don’t think granting db_owner ... Continue reading
2019-05-22 (first published: 2019-05-06)
533 reads
SQL Homework – May 2019 – SQLCMD and the DAC
Yes, it’s that time again. Time to do your homework. This month your homework is to set up the DAC ... Continue reading
2019-05-01
19 reads
What do you get with a Free account in #Azure?
The first thing I want to do is say thank you to Michael Crump (b/t). He tweeted out this: What ... Continue reading
2019-05-08 (first published: 2019-04-29)
1,236 reads
Yes, pulling just the data you need is really important.
I was asked the other day why a customer was having performance issues on a table. A simple SELECT that ... Continue reading
2019-04-24
309 reads
Blogs
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A Big PK
In SQL Server 2025, how many columns can be included in a Primary Key constraint?
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