Complicated linked servers and a bunch of head-desks: T-SQL Tuesday #104
Wayne Sheffield (b/t) is our host this month for the long running blog party (104 months now and running!) started...
2018-08-14
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SQLStudies
Putting Object Explorer etc on the right side of SSMS rather than the left.
A while back I was given the advice Move your tabs (Object Explorer etc) to the right side of SSMS....
2018-08-08
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T-SQL Formatters
The other day I was given a truly horribly formatted piece of SQL. Something a bit like this only worse,...
2018-08-06
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SQL Homework – August 2018 – Set up database mail
This month’s homework is pretty simple to say, not necessarily easy to do. Set up database mail.
Why database mail?...
2018-08-01
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#SQLCareer 2/4 July 25th 2018
Earlier this month Steve Jones (b/t) suggested that it might be helpful if those of us that work in the...
2018-08-13 (first published: 2018-07-30)
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#SQLCareer 1/4 July 19th 2018
Earlier this month Steve Jones (b/t) suggested that it might be helpful if those of us that work in the...
2018-07-25
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Processes can dramatically improve your work until they don’t.
As always with something like this, I like to start with a definition so we are all starting in the...
2018-07-23
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RESTORE VERIFYONLY what does WITH LOADHISTORY do?
Recently someone mentioned the LOADHISTORY option of RESTORE. It’s not horribly hard to find in BOL but it wasn’t the...
2018-07-31 (first published: 2018-07-18)
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Counting NULLs
Recently I was doing one of Kendra Little’s (b/t) SQL Server quizzes. Specifically the Quiz: COUNT() in SQL Server. As...
2018-07-16
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Balancing Security Concerns.
I have a presentation I do every now again on security basics that I’m actually quite proud of. One of...
2018-08-02 (first published: 2018-07-12)
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers