Using @@ROWCOUNT can be a bit tricky
@@ROWCOUNT is a very useful system variable that returns the number of rows read/affected by the previous statement. It’s frequently...
2015-09-16
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SQLStudies
What SQL Server components are installed on this machine?
Figuring out what components of SQL Server are installed on a particular machine has always been a task that has...
2015-09-14
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Finding the worst running query in a stored procedure
The other day I was asked to tune a stored procedure. Not exactly an uncommon task, but I worked something...
2015-09-22 (first published: 2015-09-10)
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Where you should start when managing an enterprise
This T-SQL Tuesday we are hosted by one of the DBA’s of the night: Jen McCown (b/t). She want’s us...
2015-09-11 (first published: 2015-09-08)
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Learning Regular Expressions
I’m a regular watcher of the Midnight DBA Webshow and one day they mentioned regular expressions. Not a new term...
2015-09-02
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The default instance has a name
The default instance actually has an instance name. It’s MSSQLSERVER. This is probably familiar to a lot of you but...
2015-09-07 (first published: 2015-08-31)
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The 30 minute rule
In one of my first IT jobs (back in the dark ages) we had something called the thirty minute rule....
2015-08-26
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The tail of the log
The tail of the log
A little while back I was feeling overwhelmed by the number of blog posts ideas that...
2015-08-24
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SSMS’s Clipboard Manager
The other day Richie Rump (b/t) mentioned something called a clipboard manager on twitter. I’ll admit I had to ask...
2015-08-28 (first published: 2015-08-19)
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Pulling data from the error log
The other day I was asked to pull a list of errors from the SQL Server log into a table...
2015-08-25 (first published: 2015-08-17)
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Blogs
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...
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
By Steve Jones
Redgate has a research arm, called the Foundry, that has been experimenting with AIs...
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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