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
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
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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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