:CONNECT in SSMS
Those people who are familiar with SQLCMD will recognize this command. It is used to connect to an instance from...
2014-03-13
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SQLStudies
T-SQL Tuesday #52: Keep your head down!
It is T-SQL Tuesday again and this month we are taking the road less traveled. Michael J Swart (b/t) has...
2014-03-11
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Characters you should never ever use in an object or schema name!
You can put pretty much any character you want into an object or schema name by enclosing the name in...
2014-03-05
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Using SQLFiddle
SQL Fiddle is a free website that you can use to demonstrate and save a query example in any one...
2014-03-03
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Impersonating a server level permission
Warnings up front, this has some serious security implications. The method I’m going to use minimizes that somewhat but it’s...
2014-03-07 (first published: 2014-02-26)
2,548 reads
What’s the difference between a temp table and a table variable?
I recently saw an answer to this question on dba.stackexchange.com written by Martin Smith. It was probably one of the...
2014-02-24
1,099 reads
Finally added a (t) to my (b)
I feel like an old man opening a computer for the first time but I’ve finally signed up on twitter....
2014-02-20
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Getting a query plan
Query plans are an essential tool when doing performance tuning. When looking at a query plan you should be aware...
2014-02-19
1,484 reads
DBA Myths: An index on a bit column will never be used.
Not true. (Or I guess probably wouldn’t be posting about it would I?)
Probably the first thing I should point out...
2014-02-19 (first published: 2014-02-17)
2,619 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #51: Doubledown disaster
Jason Brimhall is hosting the 51st T-SQL Tuesday this month with “Place your bets!.
It’s always a gamble when buying a...
2014-02-14 (first published: 2014-02-11)
1,579 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers