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
715 reads
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)
1,735 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
1,204 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
1,007 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)
2,664 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
746 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)
3,970 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
892 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
1,352 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)
1,658 reads
Blogs
When the Internet Stumbles: Lessons from Cloudflare & Azure Front Door Outages
By John
Recently, the world was reminded of just how fragile the internet can be. Two...
Prepping for Certification, Part 4 of 4
By Brian Kelley
In Parts 1-3, I covered how I prepare for a certification exam. In this...
Flyway Tips: Automation Assistance in Flyway Desktop
By Steve Jones
I was chatting with the product managers at Flyway and one asked me whether...
Forums
CAST datetimeoffset(7) as a datetime in UK format
I have a view where I am casting a datetimeoffset(7) field to smalldatetime or...
Used Car Dealerships Near Me – Recommendations Needed
Hi everyone, We are selling cars and have a range of options at our...
what are the downsides of TDE not running vs running?
hi for the 2 years i've been here I believe we've had "encryption" turned...
Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers