Introducing The Blame Game
Introducing the Blame Game! Someone has messed up the new anatomy application’s (Mr. Body) performance and no one is willing...
2018-03-26
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SQLStudies
Moving a table using BCP and native format
You need to move a table from one instance to another with the following requirements:
The instances are on separate domains....
2018-03-21
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GDPR – After the restore
I joined in on an interesting conversation the other day on twitter. It was about some unusual ramifications of GDPR...
2018-03-19
409 reads
DB_NAME() vs ORIGINAL_DB_NAME()
I’d never seen ORIGINAL_DB_NAME until recently and I thought it would be interesting to highlight it out, and in particular...
2018-03-27 (first published: 2018-03-15)
2,902 reads
A look back from the future. – TSQL Tuesday #100
The date is July 14th, 2026 and it’s TSQL Tuesday #200. We are still using SQL Server, and in fact...
2018-03-13
294 reads
Simply Debugging
Debugging is a life skill. Yes, the term comes from IT (literally removing a bug from a computer believe it...
2018-03-19 (first published: 2018-03-07)
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SQL Homework – March 2018 – Recovery Objectives
My very first SQL Homework post was about taking a backup. The vast majority of people who work with databases...
2018-03-05
300 reads
A day in the life of a Sr DBA/Dev
If you are a Sr DBA or developer you have probably had some variation of this conversation at multiple points...
2018-02-28
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Double hop error when using SQLCMD
tl;dr; SQLCMD v2014 and up has special requirements for Kerberos.
One of the problems with linked servers (no rude noises please)...
2018-02-26
2,130 reads
Windowing without a partition by or an order by
If you’ve never worked with windowing functions they look something like this:
SELECT name, max(create_date) OVER
-- No this isn't meant to...
2018-02-21
1,485 reads
Blogs
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
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Negative and Positive Numbers
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Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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