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
882 reads
SQLStudies
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
993 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)
4,157 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
3,402 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)
5,046 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
1,012 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
2,338 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
763 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)
3,248 reads
Small changes, big effects
We got a call last week about an application that was running slowly. The server was showing about 80% CPU...
2013-01-30
1,250 reads
Blogs
Stack Overflow & AI
I won’t try to pretend otherwise, I’ve had some mixed feelings about Stack Overflow...
Checking Myself with GenAI
By Steve Jones
I had a suggestion from somone on a place where AI helps them and...
Redgate SQL Prompt in SSMS 21
Disclaimer: this post is not sponsored by Redgate 
For those who’ve missed it,...
Forums
Deadlocks and Backups - Need help
Hey everyone, please excuse my ignorance, I'm just .NET developer and have used SQL...
Does Version Control Scare You
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If I want to get unlimited amounts of data back from a varchar(max)/nvarchar(max) column, what do I run?
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