SQL and Azure Maze
Something fun for the end of the month. Here are a handful of mazes for you to enjoy. I found...
2018-05-08 (first published: 2018-04-30)
1,956 reads
SQLStudies
What is a DBA?
If you’ve worked in the data industry for more than few minutes then you’ve probably heard the phrase The DBA...
2018-04-25
328 reads
Command shell steps in SQL Agent jobs only process a single command.
I was working on a SQL Agent job recently that required a series of command shell commands. And it would...
2018-04-23
918 reads
Exploring system tables, views, SPs etc
I wanted to spend a few minutes highlighting a couple of important tools for figuring out what information you have...
2018-04-18
1,355 reads
I’ve gotten a transaction log full error but when I look it’s not full??
Every now and again I’ll get an error telling me a transaction log is full. This can be for any...
2018-04-23 (first published: 2018-04-16)
2,287 reads
Deleting a lot of data
I recently had the task of deleting a bit over a billion rows from a table. Now I could have...
2018-04-12
2,108 reads
Exploring permissions with sp_DBPermissions and sp_SrvPermissions : TSQL Tuesday 101
Our host for T-SQL Tuesday this month is Jens Vestergaard (b/t) and he has asked about our favorite SSMS tool....
2018-04-10
2,733 reads
SSMS’s Dark Theme
There has been talk of a dark theme for SSMS for years. Does it exist, will it exist? Well, the...
2018-04-04
466 reads
SQL Homework – April 2018 – Indexes
This month we are going to look at a topic near and dear to both database developers and database administrators...
2018-04-02
311 reads
What’s the difference between Files and Filegroups?
tl;dr; Filegroups are a logical construct used to separate tables and indexes from each other, files are the physical construct...
2018-03-28
775 reads
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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