Viewing errors with extended events
A little while back I came across this post: Identifying failed queries with extended events. It has a script to ... Continue reading
2022-10-10 (first published: 2022-09-27)
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SQLStudies
Conversion Precedence
Recently I talked about the difference between implicit and explicit datatype conversions. In it I ran this code: With the ... Continue reading
2022-09-20
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Making the mouse pointer easier to see.
I know this is way off my usual content but the other day someone was mentioning how easy it is ... Continue reading
2022-09-15
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Putting counters in names
It’s not all that unusual, or unreasonable to put a counter in a name. For example let’s say you need ... Continue reading
2022-10-03 (first published: 2022-09-13)
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What’s next 4th time
It’s now been about two and a half months since I was given notice and decided to blog about my ... Continue reading
2022-09-28 (first published: 2022-09-08)
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Creating a SERVER ROLE created a LOGIN as well.
One of my co-workers came to me the other day and told me that they found their network id as ... Continue reading
2022-09-21 (first published: 2022-09-06)
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SQL Homework – September 2022 – Query window challenge
I had every intention of doing Replication Part 2 this month but had a thought I liked better. I will ... Continue reading
2022-09-14 (first published: 2022-09-01)
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When good enough is good enough
Any time I’ve learned about the optimizer there is always one important thing that’s brought up. The optimizer is not ... Continue reading
2022-08-30
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Explicit and implicit datatype conversions
Did you know that 1/2=0? If you didn’t you could be in for some interesting surprises. 1/2 returns 0 because ... Continue reading
2022-08-25
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Why is security important in a dev environment?
I was asked a rather interesting question during an interview recently. It went something like this: Your resume says you’ve ... Continue reading
2022-09-05 (first published: 2022-08-23)
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Blogs
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM
By Steve Jones
I had a few random questions from my Running a Local LLM on Your...
Overview of Claude AI Models: Which One to Choose?
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For those entering the AI space whether professionally or personally I wanted to give...
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A question about how to store the address in the database
I have an app that has an address field on the customer and the...
SSIS package failing intermittently on last Excel Component
Good Afternoon, I have a Job which "fires" off an SSIS package (that is...
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL in SQL Server 2025:...
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Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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