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
1,122 reads
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)
2,116 reads
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
1,970 reads
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)
1,798 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
428 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)
1,848 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
951 reads
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
430 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
460 reads
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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,...
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
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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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