Saving and restoring session options settings
There are a fair number of options settings. ANSI_NULLS, ARITHABORT, QUOTED_IDENTIFIER, etc. Each session has its own set of configurations....
2017-09-25
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SQLStudies
Do what I say, not what I do
I told you not to use NOLOCK even though I use it sometimes.I told you not to shrink databases, even...
2017-09-20
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Uniquifier is a rather unique word isn’t it?
tl;dr; The uniquifier is used to make a non-unique key in a clustered index unique.
Uniquifier is a rather funny name,...
2017-09-22 (first published: 2017-09-18)
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Help! My query is too fast!
Said no one ever. Well, maybe. I have had occasions where I needed a brief pause in the middle of...
2017-09-20 (first published: 2017-09-14)
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Turn on/off Azure VMs with Powershell
T-SQL Tuesday has rolled up on us yet again. This month it’s Rob Sewell’s (b/t) turn to host and picked...
2017-09-12
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There EXISTS a place where SELECT 1/0 doesn’t return an error.
Kendra Little (b/t) reminded me of this fun little trick (with fairly important ramifications) in her latest quiz on logical...
2017-09-07
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SQL Homework – September 2017 – Create a home lab
As I wrote my post about installing the latest version of SSDT I realized that my homework posts missed something...
2017-09-05
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You might be a DBA if
I’d been trying to think of a fun post to write and an homage to Jeff Foxworth’s You might be...
2017-08-30
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Create an empty table from a SELECT statement but without the IDENTITY.
A while back I did a post about creating an empty table using a SELECT statement. Basically doing something like...
2017-09-11 (first published: 2017-08-28)
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Changing the version of an SSIS package.
Of all of the annoying parts of SSIS, the major version sensitivity has to be the most annoying. Let’s say...
2017-09-06 (first published: 2017-08-23)
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Blogs
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Solving SQL Server Mysteries with a Whole Gang of Sleuths -Scooby Dooing Episode 4
One thing I’ve always loved about the Scooby-Doo cartoon is that he never solved...
Forums
SQL Server 2025 Jobs
Hello SQL Server 2022 16.0.4212.1 running on a Windows Server 2025 Std,V 24H2, SO...
how to optimise whole database full of table and sp in one go using githubcopilo
i have subscription of github copilot which i can access in vs 2022 comunity...
Password Guidance
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Question of the Day
Using table variables in T-SQL
What happens if you run the following code in SQL Server 2022+?
declare @t1 table (id int); insert into @t1 (id) values (NULL), (1), (2), (3); select count(*) from @t1 where @t1.id is distinct from NULL;See possible answers