Code I’d Hate To Live Without: T-SQL Tuesday #104
It’s TSQL Tuesday again! This time our respected host is Bert Wagner (b/t). Quick aside, if you haven’t seen his...
2018-07-19 (first published: 2018-07-10)
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SQLStudies
SQL Homework – July 2018 – Create a SQL Agent Job
For this month’s homework let’s try something a bit different. SQL Agent jobs are a very powerful tool frequently used...
2018-07-13 (first published: 2018-07-02)
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SQL Puzzle – FizzBuzz3d
I thought for the end of the month it would be fun to do another T-SQL Puzzle. In this case...
2018-07-04 (first published: 2018-06-27)
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Be our guest, be our guest, put our database to the test.
When I think of the public role I often think of the guest database principal (user) at the same time....
2018-06-25
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Strings vs Identifiers
A common mistake, and one I make frequently myself is to use a string in place of an identifier, or...
2018-07-02 (first published: 2018-06-20)
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Misleading errors: “Server is configured for Windows authentication only.” But it’s not!
In general, the errors SQL gives are highly useful. Of course every now and again you get one that’s just...
2018-06-18
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The identity column, the insert and the linked server.
tl;dr; When doing an insert across a linked server you have to include the list of fields to be inserted...
2018-06-14
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Moving to Azure: A change in processes – TSQL Tuesday 103
For this month’s t-sql Tuesday our host Bjoern Peters (b/t) wants us to describe our experiences with Azure SQL Database...
2018-06-22 (first published: 2018-06-12)
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What queries are getting blocked?
Monday Grant Fritchey (b/t) put up a great post EXTENDED EVENTS, THE SYSTEM_HEALTH SESSION, AND WAITS that talks about how...
2018-06-14 (first published: 2018-06-06)
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SQL Homework – June 2018 – Alter a database
Here we are again. The beginning of another month. At the beginning of each month I put out a SQL...
2018-06-04
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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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