I can connect to my instance locally but not remotely
Every now and again (today for example) I’ll get a call that one of our SQL Server instances is down. ...
2012-10-23
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SQLStudies
fn_OBJECT_TYPE
I recently started using OBJECT_NAME, OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME and OBJECT_ID functions; unfortunately I really could have used OBJECT_TYPE but it doesn’t exist...
2012-10-19
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A review of SQL Interoperability / Joes 2 Pros Volume 5 by Rick A Morelan
I recently passed my MCTS 2008 Development (70-433). Yay me! That made my 3rd 2008 certification. This one was probably the...
2012-10-15
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Multiple CTEs
Multiple CTEs
It’s somewhat obscure in BOL and I wasn’t able to find any examples but it turns out you can...
2012-10-11 (first published: 2012-10-09)
4,588 reads
Active flag on the TCP/IP Properties page of SQL Server Configuration Manager
I’ve been unable to connect to a server via one of its aliases for about a week. When I looked...
2012-10-05
2,011 reads
When I get stumped I ….
I work with a reasonably large team of DBAs. There are 9 of us and we support not only 70+...
2012-10-02
1,206 reads
DBMail on a cluster
I’ve always found clusters a pain in the neck. For my latest pain I just spent the last 2 days...
2012-09-26
635 reads
Using a TVP instead of Dynamic SQL to pass a list into a SP
A couple of days ago I read Steve Jones’ blog on creating a user defined table type. This reminded me...
2012-09-25
1,189 reads
Funny results from OPTIMIZE FOR AD HOC WORKLOADS
I recently turned on OPTIMIZE FOR AD HOC WORKLOADS for the first time on one of my servers. When I...
2012-09-18
1,373 reads
EXECUTE AS USER = ‘Somebody else’
As a database administrator I get lots of security requests. “Please grant me read authority on this table, write on that table,...
2012-09-10
748 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
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Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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