We’re All Mad Here!
The title says it all!
I just heard that I was selected to present at SQL Saturday in Columbus! I’m excited...
2014-05-09
717 reads
WaterOx SQL
2014 SQL Server Editions – Overview
2014 is the latest edition of SQL Server available[/caption]
SQL Server 2014 was officially released in April 1st, 2014. You can...
2014-04-22
55,537 reads
Why a Boot Camp?
As a some of you may already know, I am now offering SQL Server boot camps with the first one...
2014-04-15
1,342 reads
When Data Should Walk Out The Door
What would you do?
What would your reaction be if, one day, all that old data you’ve been holding onto for...
2014-03-24 (first published: 2014-03-18)
1,956 reads
Counting Work Days
Don’t forget that most holiday’s aren’t work days.
Recently while working with a client I was faced with some seriously convoluted...
2013-09-21
1,781 reads
Digby’s Top 10 reasons you need a DBA
Digby! helps to demonstrate the top 10 reasons you need a dedicated SQL Server DBA.
They can handle unexpected database growth...
2013-05-21
444 reads
Optimizing Protected Indexes (was Indexing Encrypted Data)
Why bother encrypting?
Riddle me this batman? Why bother to Encrypt?
As a SQL Server DBA I am primarily responsible for making...
2013-02-27
1,792 reads
Type 2 SCD with SQL Merge
I was going through some notes I had from previous projects and came across a sample script for created a...
2013-01-25
8,078 reads
Gain exclusive control of a database
Last night a client tried to ruin a script to enable Read_Committed_snapshot on a SQL database. There were so many...
2012-10-10
546 reads
10-minute SQL: Filtered Delete: join vs. sub-select vs. exist
I was doing some simple tuning of procedures for a client when I came across some delete statements that I...
2012-10-05
867 reads
Blogs
Build a C++ Pipeline with Docker, GitHub Actions, Azure ACR and Azure App Service
In today’s Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), having a robust build pipeline is very...
Better Trigger Design: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I had someone ask me about using triggers to detect changes in their tables....
SQL Server in the Cloud – Are DBAs Still Needed?
By Kevin3NF
Things your cloud vendor may not tell you Here’s a common theme I...
Forums
Dropping a PK constraint.
I will have to test this next week, but will not have a chance...
SQL - Conditional merge join
I want to add a condition in the joining columns part of the merge...
Is there a way to implement ROWS between logic?
Hi everyone SUM function has the option to select ROWS BETWEEN parameter to allow...
Question of the Day
What is Between?
I have a table of products in SQL Server 2022. There are sequential items in the table with ProductIDs of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT * FROM dbo.Products WHERE ProductID BETWEEN 4 AND 7;See possible answers