Using Templates
Templates are one of those really handy tools that most DBAs I know of have either never heard of or...
2013-03-18
1,156 reads
SQLStudies
The STUFF function
While I was at the 2011 Pass Summit I was given the following piece of code to create a comma...
2013-03-14
894 reads
What is mssqlsystemresource?
If you are lucky you’ve never seen an error along the lines of:
The SELECT permission was denied on the object...
2013-03-04
995 reads
Script to clean up “Windows” logins no longer in AD
I was scanning http://dba.stackexchange.com and ran across the following question:
http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/31478/sql-server-script-to-delete-accounts-no-longer-in-active-directory
Basically the OP wanted to know how to get rid of...
2013-03-12 (first published: 2013-03-01)
4,159 reads
Insert multiple values sets into a table in one command
The INSERT command has two distinct ways to load data into a table.
INSERT INTO Table (field1, field2) VALUES ('string1','string2')And
INSERT INTO...
2013-02-28
3,418 reads
DROP and CREATE vs ALTER
When writing a script to change a piece of code, say a stored procedure or view, there are 3 basic...
2013-03-05 (first published: 2013-02-25)
5,057 reads
Multiple instances, single query window
Anyone who has been reading my blog for a while should realize that several divisions in my company have been...
2013-02-18
1,015 reads
Something to watch out for when using sp_rename on Stored Procedures, Functions and Views
For those who don’t know, the stored procedure sp_rename allows you to change the name of a user-created object. Basically...
2013-02-11
2,341 reads
EXECUTE, not required, but advisable.
The other day one of the developers I work with gave me a script similar to this:
BEGIN TRAN
sp_rename 'tablename.columnname', 'newcolumnname'
COMMITHe...
2013-02-06
767 reads
Duplicate rows in a table
I recently got the following email:
“I just keyed in two rows into a table with all identical column values. How...
2013-02-11 (first published: 2013-02-04)
3,252 reads
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The fundamental requirements of a reporting system
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Slipstream parameters
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