What is the database property “Compatibility Level”
What is the database property Compatibility Level? I don’t get asked to write about specific subjects very often but in...
2015-07-08
665 reads
SQLStudies
Adding a new keyboard shortcut in SSMS.
I love keyboard shortcuts. I’d rather keep my hands on the keyboard than move back and forth to the mouse....
2015-07-13 (first published: 2015-07-06)
2,723 reads
Blocking and deadlocking on purpose
Blocking and deadlocking are not things you typically want to do deliberately. But sometimes you need to test error handling...
2015-07-07 (first published: 2015-07-01)
2,569 reads
Zero to Speaker pt 2
A few months ago I wrote a post about the fact that I had actually submitted a session to PASS...
2015-07-03 (first published: 2015-06-29)
1,710 reads
Which user function do I use?
Earlier this week I was scripting out a table with some legacy columns (InsertDate and InsertBy for example). If you...
2015-06-30 (first published: 2015-06-24)
2,080 reads
Copying a TDE database from one instance to another
I got my first real world experience with a TDE (transparent data encryption) database recently. For those who don’t know...
2015-06-22
917 reads
Pass TV
Recently Adam Machanic (b/t) was telling me about an interesting effect of the top operator. When I asked for an...
2015-06-17
663 reads
Rename a database
Renaming a database isn’t something you do frequently but it does have bit of a gotcha. First of all let’s...
2015-06-15
608 reads
Modifying the “New Query” template.
TLDR; Search for and modify the sqlfile.sql file.
During a recent T-SQL Tuesday Boris Hristov (b/t) taught me about SET NOEXEC...
2015-06-23 (first published: 2015-06-11)
3,109 reads
A walk-through of creating the Activity Tracking template using Extended Events.
It’s the second Tuesday of the month and that means T-SQL Tuesday time! T-SQL Tuesday is a blog party started...
2015-06-15 (first published: 2015-06-09)
2,326 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Roundup: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
Forums
Dealing with huge heap tables
Recently, our dev teams approach me for advice on improving their huge heap table...
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
After upgrading 2 Merge Replicated databases to SQL 2022 and re-establishing the Merge Replication...
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why Your Index Isn't Being...
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Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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