Buzzword Bingo
Grant Fritchey (b/t) is our host for T-SQL Tuesday this month and surprise surprise he’d like to talk about DEVOPS....
2017-06-13
971 reads
SQLStudies
UDP vs TCP
If you’ve worked much with named instances you’ve probably had to deal with the question “What port is that instance...
2017-06-07
538 reads
Backup to NUL
Yes, I spelled that correctly. NUL not NULL. NUL is basically a location you can send a backup to. In...
2017-06-05
5,805 reads
SQL Crossword
I thought I’d do another crossword. Enjoy! If you need any help with it feel free to let me know...
2017-06-16 (first published: 2017-05-31)
2,806 reads
Running multiple queries at the same time.
I read an interesting question today. Someone wanted to be able to run the same stored procedure multiple times, at...
2017-06-08 (first published: 2017-05-24)
9,659 reads
What’s in a partition?
In my last post on partitioning I used the $Partition command in passing. I’ve been thinking it deserves a bit...
2017-05-22
506 reads
T-SQL FizzBuzz
I was looking around for something to write about this evening and came across one of Russ Thomas’ (b/t) old...
2017-05-17
2,865 reads
Why shouldn’t I shrink my database log file?
TL;DR: It’s pretty pointless and can cause performance issues.
Let’s start by asking why you might want to shrink your log....
2017-05-15
480 reads
Dynamic SQL and the joys of QUOTENAME
I’m a big fan of dynamic SQL. In the past I’ve written a How to, a Best Practices and even...
2017-05-11
599 reads
Continuous Integration
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again! This month we are being hosted by James Anderson (b/t). Thanks James! He has asked us...
2017-05-09
417 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
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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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