Natural vs Artificial Primary Keys
There has been a long standing debate over the use of a natural primary key vs an artificial one. I...
2016-08-29
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SQLStudies
Copying an on-premise Database to an Azure SQL Database
Continuing my exploration of Azure the next logical step seemed to be copying an on-premise database up to the cloud....
2016-09-06 (first published: 2016-08-24)
1,833 reads
Cloud Security
In case you hadn’t noticed I’ve recently started looking at the cloud and what it entails. Well one of those...
2016-08-22
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RBAR vs Batch
Many years ago Jeff Moden (of SQL Server Central fame) came up with the concept of RBAR. Row-By-Agonizing-Row. At it’s...
2016-08-25 (first published: 2016-08-17)
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Temper, Temper
Possibly the single most influential event in my career happened over 25 years ago. I lost my temper at a...
2016-08-15
1,049 reads
Write-Only permissions
Yep, that’s right, you heard me. Write-Only not Read-Only. I was presenting SQL Server Security Basics at NTSSUG the other...
2016-08-11
616 reads
Azure: What’s the difference between SQL Database and SQL Server?
If you want to blog T-SQL Tuesday is a great way to get started. On the first Tuesday of each...
2016-08-09
602 reads
What’s the difference between LEFT and RIGHT OUTER JOINs?
A DBA walked into a bar, saw a couple of tables, and asked “Can I JOIN you?”
There are several different...
2016-08-03
1,290 reads
Using impersonation to allow a task without granting the required permission.
I use impersonation on a regular basis for a number of different tasks. This one is pretty basic but can...
2016-08-03 (first published: 2016-08-01)
2,030 reads
When was this database restored?
I frequently need to know where backups went and I restore those backups for operational recovery on a regular basis....
2016-07-27
855 reads
Blogs
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Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
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Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow...
Forums
Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
Hi, We have low latency high volume system. I have a table having 3...
The Long Name
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Question of the Day
The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?