Unexpected truncation in FETCH
Yes I’m talking about FETCH as in a cursor, yes everyone hates cursors. But you know cursors are like anything...
2013-10-23
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SQLStudies
A look at comments
Everyone knows that we should include comments in our code right? On the other hand the vast majority of us...
2013-10-29 (first published: 2013-10-21)
1,751 reads
Query to compare indexes between two tables
We have a set of databases at my office that use the load and swap method of loading data with...
2013-10-16
1,206 reads
Why you should know how to script as well as use the GUI
Personally I’ve always enjoyed learning the T-SQL for any given task. The GUI is usually pretty easy to figure out...
2013-10-14
1,013 reads
I’ve refreshed a test database from prod but now the users can’t access it.
This happens to me all the time. I get a request from a developer to overwrite the test copy of...
2013-10-16 (first published: 2013-10-09)
2,668 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #47: Your Best SQL Server SWAG
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this time Kendal Van Dyke is asking for Your Best SQL Server SWAG....
2013-10-08
756 reads
Use TOP instead of SET ROWCOUNT
Both TOP and SET ROWCOUNT are both valid methods of limiting the result sets from a query. They are however...
2013-10-10 (first published: 2013-10-07)
3,982 reads
Filtering Object Explorer
I absolutely love learning new tricks that can be done in SSMS. Everything from opening initial connections to both the...
2013-10-02
895 reads
The MERGE statement doesn’t have a WHERE clause.
What the heck? Even indexes have WHERE clauses these days. I can’t remember what I was reading when I saw...
2013-09-30
1,366 reads
Detaching a database
In my general quest to figure out the T-SQL to do common GUI tasks I did some browsing through BOL...
2013-10-01 (first published: 2013-09-26)
1,660 reads
Blogs
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
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SQL 2025 SSMS Nonsense
Yeah, I know this is a 2022 forum, but I don't see a 2025...
PowerBI Question - Data Sources
I don't see a PowerBI forum, so I'm posting here. I have a need...
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SQL Server Certificates
Which of these is not true for certificates used for SQL Server connections?
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