SQL Server – Different Ways to Check Object Definition
sp_helptext is widely used for checking object definition in SQL Server. sp_helptext can be used to check definition of various...
2014-04-14
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SQL Server – Different Ways to Check Object Definition
sp_helptext is widely used for checking object definition in SQL Server. sp_helptext can be used to check definition of various...
2014-04-14
302 reads
SQL Server – Different Ways to Check Object Definition
sp_helptext is widely used for checking object definition in SQL Server. sp_helptext can be used to check definition of various...
2014-04-14
1,074 reads
5 Years Running! OKCSQL!
I want to congratulate OKCSQL on a 5 year run.
I personally wasn't here for that whole duration, but we have leaders and...
2014-04-14
699 reads
Missing Database Owner
By David Postlethwaite
At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some...
2014-04-14
2,822 reads
Hortonworks Data Platform 2.1 New Features
What is Hortonworks Data Platform
Hortonworks recently announced their release of the HDP 2.1 their Hadoop Big Data platform. If you...
2014-04-13
908 reads
Using the T-SQL MERGE Statement
In SQL Server 2008, Microsoft added a new SQL query type: the MERGE statement. This flexible query provides the ability...
2014-04-13
5,702 reads
Reasons why your plans suck : No 56,536
I have been working with SQL server for more years than I really care to mention and like to think...
2014-04-12
394 reads
Reblog: April 4 to April 10
Photo credit – Husso
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just...
2014-04-11
364 reads
An Open Letter to Brogrammers
It’s not in the language I would write it in and it’s not necessarily safe for work, but it gets...
2014-04-11
788 reads
Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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