TSQL Tuesday #84: Zip to Speaker
Well, it’s that time of the month again. It’s T-SQL Tuesday yet again, and this time round it’s Andy Yun (b/t)...
2016-11-08
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SQLStudies
New indexes, hypothetically
I saw something like this the other day. My first thought was “Hu, never seen that before.” My second thought...
2016-11-02
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The Halloween Problem
DBA: Help me! Help me! It’s Halloween! I have a problem! Oh won’t you please help me!
Ok, so that’s really...
2016-11-07 (first published: 2016-10-31)
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It’s a small world
As I write this we are packing to leave for Disney World, where my family and I will spend close...
2016-10-26
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Synchronous vs Asynchronous
You’ll hear these terms thrown around in programming all the time, but what do they mean and why do we...
2016-10-24
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Installing SQLCMD
For anyone who wasn’t aware SQLCMD is a command line tool for running T-SQL statements and scripts. Before anyone says...
2016-10-19
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Using Snippets
A while ago I talked about Templates. This is an easy way to get a, well, template of a piece...
2016-10-17
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Too many indexes!
Indexes are great. They speed up our queries. In fact, without them relational database systems wouldn’t work.
Different indexes work best...
2016-10-13
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If backups are taken in silence can a recovery still take place?
My friend Andy Mallon (b/t) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month. In case you aren’t aware T-SQL Tuesday is a...
2016-10-11
428 reads
Floor, Round, and Ceiling
I saw an interesting question today about rounding. Specifically they always wanted to round down. Now as it happens that...
2016-10-05
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Negative and Positive Numbers
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Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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