Schema only backup or schema only DB copy
Every now and again you have a database where you don’t necessarily need the data. It can easily be re-loaded...
2017-10-25
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SQLStudies
When is it a good idea to consolidate multiple instances?
In this age of cost-saving after cost-saving, one way you may be looking at saving money is by combining multiple...
2017-11-01 (first published: 2017-10-23)
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Updateable CTEs
CTEs are cool things. You can essentially create one or more in-line view(s) within your query. One thing that isn’t...
2017-10-18
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Permissions required for developing with Temporal Tables
Temporal tables are one of those new (2016+) cool features that recently came across my desk. Basically, a temporal table...
2017-10-26 (first published: 2017-10-16)
1,810 reads
sys.objects VS helper functions (OBJECT_ID, OBJECT_NAME, etc)
I’ve you’ve done much work with the system views (DMVs for example) then you’ve had to translate an object_id into...
2017-10-11
429 reads
Small identity columns
We frequently talk about dealing with outgrowing INT identity columns. What we don’t talk about all that often is small...
2017-10-17 (first published: 2017-10-09)
1,849 reads
The Alpha and the Omega. The BEGIN and the END.
The BEGIN/END block is a fairly standard thing if you’ve ever done any coding, but it never hurts to do...
2017-10-04
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Haunted SQL
I decided that for Halloween this year it would be fun to tell SQL ghost stories. When I tweeted about...
2017-10-03
339 reads
SQL Homework – October 2017 – Sample/Test Database(s)
Last month your homework was to set up your own lab. Now it’s time to put a sample database or...
2017-10-02
432 reads
SQL Puzzle – Prime Numbers
My goal here is to have something fun (and hopefully educational/thinky) (and yes, I did just make up the word...
2017-09-27
461 reads
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...
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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
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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...
Question of the Day
QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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