Shrinking a large database with limited outage windows
Yes, I realize you shouldn’t shrink your database (data files or log files), but I recently had a case where ... Continue reading
2019-05-06 (first published: 2019-04-22)
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SQLStudies
It’s all just data.
Tables, stored procedures, views, logins, constraints, etc, etc. It’s all just data. In every database system I’ve ever worked on ... Continue reading
2019-04-29 (first published: 2019-04-17)
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How do I let someone execute a SQL Agent job they don’t own?
In my last post I discussed the fact that SQL Ids can, in fact, be useful on an instance that ... Continue reading
2019-04-15
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Can SQL Ids be used on an instance with Windows Authentication only?
tl;dr; Yes, but. It’s generally considered more secure to have your SQL Server instance set to Windows Authentication and not ... Continue reading
2019-04-24 (first published: 2019-04-11)
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Writing Crossword puzzles with a database: T-SQL Tuesday #113
Todd Kleinhans (b/t) is host for T-SQL Tuesday this month and wants us to talk about how we use databases ... Continue reading
2019-04-19 (first published: 2019-04-09)
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SQL Homework – April 2019 – Practice dealing with corruption
Over the last almost 2 years (wow how time flys when you are having fun) we’ve practiced all kinds of ... Continue reading
2019-04-17 (first published: 2019-04-03)
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Making a life change
It is with a very heavy heart that I announce I will no longer be working with SQL Server. In ... Continue reading
2019-04-01
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A transport-level error has occurred when sending the request to the server.
Brent recently did a post called In Azure SQL DB, what does “The connection is broken and recovery is not ... Continue reading
2019-03-27
129 reads
What version of SQL is SSMS scripting for?
Recently (honestly it’s been a few years now) Microsoft split the lifecycle for SSMS out from the general SQL Server ... Continue reading
2019-03-25
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Mixed feelings over the new truncation error
As of SQL 2019 CTP2.0 or SQL 2017 CU12 Microsoft has given us a long-awaited addition to the truncation error....
2019-04-05 (first published: 2019-03-20)
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Blogs
A New Word: Gnossienne
By Steve Jones
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
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The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
The Data API Builder MCP Server, v2.x, includes a number of tools. What actions can these tools perform in your database?
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