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)
822 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)
1,164 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)
989 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
14 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)
480 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
92 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)
541 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
24 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)
1,239 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
317 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Roundup: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
Forums
Dealing with huge heap tables
Recently, our dev teams approach me for advice on improving their huge heap table...
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
After upgrading 2 Merge Replicated databases to SQL 2022 and re-establishing the Merge Replication...
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why Your Index Isn't Being...
Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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