RAID your backups
Let’s start with a very brief definition of some RAID levels.
RAID 0 : Stripe your data across multiple disks. Writing a...
2016-05-24 (first published: 2016-05-16)
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SQLStudies
Comparing the contents of two tables
I’ve been working on tuning a query for the last week and I’ve had to make several changes to the...
2016-05-16 (first published: 2016-05-12)
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Getting your Cloud on
One of the things I like best about joining in on Adam Machanic’s (b/t) TSQL Tuesday blog party is that...
2016-05-10
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Grant Deny Revoke
It always amazes me how often these three commands get confused. Heck it amazes me how long I confused them....
2016-05-04
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Remove files from a filegroup
You have a database with one or more filegroups, and one or more of those filegroups has multiple files. You’ve...
2016-05-02
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Certificates, Proxies and Jobs! Oh My!
Oh Noes! I have a job that requires me to run an SSIS package, cmdshell script, etc. And I need...
2016-04-27
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Get your SQL Server MCSA without taking the BI exam.
I’m a big fan of certifications as a training exercise. However not everyone has the same interests. With the new...
2016-04-25
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Why my primary test environment is case sensitive.
Me: I think I’m going create a new playground instance.
Myself: Make sure you use a case sensitive (CS) collation when...
2016-04-20
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How do I rename a column?
Everyone makes mistakes right? And sometimes you create an object and decide later that you messed up and need to...
2016-04-18
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Modulo!
I love this somewhat obscure mathematical operator. All it does is return the remainder of a division statement but even...
2016-04-14
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Blogs
Becoming a creator, my website experience
By DataOnWheels
Over the past few months, I have debated starting a new blog to discuss...
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...
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