What’s in my backup file?
Restoring a backup file is pretty easy right?
RESTORE DATABASE [Test] FROM DISK = 'C:\backups\backup.bak';Ok, but what if more than one database...
2017-02-22
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SQLStudies
Penny wise, pound stupid
Growing up my mother used this phrase quite a bit. Penny wise, pound stupid. (In case you didn’t know the...
2017-02-20
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Deadlock on ALTER DATABASE
I had an interesting problem recently. A database was stuck in single user mode. How exactly was it stuck you...
2017-02-16
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Server level database permissions
Sometimes you have a requirement to grant permissions to every database on an instance. Historically this has required creating a...
2017-02-14
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Deadlock priority
Everyone deals with deadlocks from time to time. But sometimes we need to control who’s the deadlock victim and who...
2017-02-17 (first published: 2017-02-08)
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SQL Connectivity issues: A guided walk through
The SQL Tiger Team (t) has recently put out a guided walkthrough for SQL Connectivity issues.
Announcement
Walk Through
If you look...
2017-02-06
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Changing what SSMS opens on startup
When you open SSMS a connection window automatically comes up. Then once you pick your server, connection type, username and...
2017-02-01
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Azure quick start
In case you hadn’t noticed, I love built in help. DBCC HELP, the script button in SSMS, even BOL. Well...
2017-01-30
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My SQL logins don’t work. Again.
My recent post on why SQL logins aren’t working has generated a couple of follow up posts. The first one...
2017-02-02 (first published: 2017-01-25)
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Creating a connect entry.
I recently wrote a blog about how to tell why your SQL login isn’t working. There were a lot of...
2017-01-30 (first published: 2017-01-23)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192 Invitation: SQL Server 2025 Excitement
By Steve Jones
It’s that time of the month again, and once again, I’m late and I’m...
The Book of Redgate: What Our Customers Say
By Steve Jones
This is from 2010, but I loved that people felt this way about Redgate...
Export a Power BI Report that cannot be Downloaded
Yes, you’re reading that right, we’re going to download a report that cannot be...
Forums
fast farward curson vs while loop on @table
hi, need to known weather fast farwand cursor is faster than a while loop...
Economics of AI: What is the Real Cost to Profit?
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Poor Name Choice
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Question of the Day
Getting the Indexed Columns
I run this code on SQL Server 2022 to get a list of all the indexes and their key columns. What is returned?
SELECT
INDEX_COL (N'AdventureWorks2017.Sales.SalesOrderDetail') See possible answers