Generic Dynamic SQL Stored Procedure
Recently I came across a post on http://www.StackOverflow.com that basically asked how to write a generic stored procedure to handle...
2013-07-31 (first published: 2013-07-22)
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SQLStudies
Amusing SQL Trick – Hide yourself from SQL Server
I make a point of reading DBAReactions on a fairly regular basis and today while reading it I was lead...
2013-07-17
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Scripting a partitioned table or index, a caution.
I was researching a problem with a partitioned table that had somehow become unpartitioned and discovered something rather interesting.
First here...
2013-07-22 (first published: 2013-07-15)
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Ordering steps in a SQL Agent job
Generally if I need to do any form of complicated control flow I’ll end up using SSIS, however there is...
2013-07-15 (first published: 2013-07-08)
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Writing Dynamic SQL (A how to)
A little while back I wrote Best practice recommendations for writing Dynamic SQL where I made a number of suggestions...
2013-07-01
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Using OUTPUT to back up a change
How will you back out if your change doesn’t work?! Always take a backup! There should always be a back...
2013-06-26
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Metadata Functions (OBJECT_NAME for example)
What is a metadata function? According to BOL a metadata function is one that returns data about the database or...
2013-06-24
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Disaster Recovery’s big brother Operational Recovery
I’m going to get slammed for the title by someone but I stand by it. First some definitions.
Disaster Recovery...
2013-06-20
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ORDER BY the numbers
Have you ever needed to order by a calculated column? You might have written it something like this:
SELECT LoginID, YEAR(HireDate)...
2013-06-19 (first published: 2013-06-17)
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Best practice recommendations for writing Dynamic SQL
Note this is not “Best Practices when USING Dynamic SQL”. These are just good habits I’ve come up with over...
2013-06-13 (first published: 2013-06-12)
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Blogs
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I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
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Creating JSON II
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( N'City':N'Denver' RETURNING JSON) GOSee possible answers