My Toolbox - SSMS
No matter how hard Azure Data Studio (ADS) is pushed by Microsoft, most DBAs still use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). In this blog post, I’ll go through my...
2024-08-14 (first published: 2024-08-03)
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StraightforwardSQL
Async stats update causing blocking
I recently encountered an issue where an index rebuild set to wait_at_low_priority ended up blocking an asynchronous statistics update.
This interaction led to a large blocking chain where queries were...
2024-07-03 (first published: 2024-06-16)
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Are ABORT_AFTER_WAIT's victims logged?
In SQL Server, using the KILL command to terminate a session results in an entry being logged in the error log.
This raises the question: Does the ALTER INDEX REBUILD...
2024-06-05 (first published: 2024-05-18)
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Extended Events and I (T-SQL Tuesday #166)
Foreword
This month’s invitation is from Grant Fritchey (t|b), aka the Scary DBA, about Extended Events (XEs).
If you look at the Tags section of my blog, you can see that...
2023-10-06 (first published: 2023-09-13)
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Misleading SSMS Connection
Foreword
The other day I managed to confuse myself. I was looking up some information from an Extended Events (XE) session, but my eyes were playing a trick on me....
2023-01-16
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Advent of Code 2022
Foreword
Advent of Code is an annual event in which participants solve a series of coding puzzles. It typically begins on December 1 and runs through the end of the...
2022-12-23 (first published: 2022-12-08)
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Default event_file path for Extended Events
Foreword
Have you ever wondered where the .xel file is saved when you create a new Extended Event session and don’t specify the full path (just the file name)?
Like so:
Well,...
2022-12-14 (first published: 2022-11-30)
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T-SQL Tuesday #156 - Wrap Up
Foreword
Thank you everyone for participating! There is a total of 15 submissions and thanks to them, I’ve widened my perspective.
The order of the posts is chosen at random.
Greg Moore
Contribution|Blog|Twitter
Greg...
2022-11-17
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Testing the code (T-SQL Tuesday #156)
Foreword
Even though I picked the question, I struggled to answer it.
Following my train of thought - production code should be of the highest quality. To enforce quality, we use...
2022-11-23 (first published: 2022-11-08)
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Production Code (T-SQL Tuesday #156)
Background
T-SQL Tuesday - the brainchild of Adam Machanic and coordinated by Steve Jones (blog|Twitter) is a monthly blog party on the second Tuesday of each month. And I will...
2022-10-31
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: We Value Teams
By Steve Jones
This value is something that I still hear today: our best work is done...
Troubleshooting TempDB Log Full Errors When SSMS Won’t Connect
By gbargsley
Have you ever received the dreaded error from SQL Server that the TempDB log...
Accelerating AI with Confidence: Why Microsoft Purview is Key to Responsible Innovation
By Chris Yates
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept. It is here, embedded in the...
Forums
Planning for tomorrow, today - database migrations
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Planning for tomorrow, today -...
Bottlenecks on SQL Server performance
We have a BI-application that connects to input tables on a SQL Server 2022...
Is there some good routines for updating SQL Server database objects with GitHub
At work we've been getting better at writing what's known as GitHub Actions (workflows,...
Question of the Day
The Tightly Linked View
I try to run this code on SQL Server 2022. All the objects exist in the database.
CREATE OR ALTER VIEW OrderShipping
AS
SELECT cl.CityNameID,
cl.CityName,
o.OrderID,
o.Customer,
o.OrderDate,
o.CustomerID,
o.cityId
FROM dbo.CityList AS cl
INNER JOIN dbo.[Order] AS o ON o.cityId = cl.CityNameID
GO
CREATE OR ALTER FUNCTION GetShipCityForOrder
(
@OrderID INT
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(50)
WITH SCHEMABINDING
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @city VARCHAR(50);
SELECT @city = os.CityName
FROM dbo.OrderShipping AS os
WHERE os.OrderID = @OrderID;
RETURN @city;
END;
go
What is the result? See possible answers