Just Check ALL the Boxes
Today I ran into something on a client server I unfortunately see too often. The DBA goes through the trouble...
2017-10-05 (first published: 2017-09-27)
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SQL Puzzle – Prime Numbers
My goal here is to have something fun (and hopefully educational/thinky) (and yes, I did just make up the word...
2017-09-27
462 reads
Concatenation Truncation – Are your strings being truncated?
It wasn’t until recently that i paid attention to truncation during concatenation, but that’s because whenever I used concatenation before...
2017-09-27
1,236 reads
Auditing Data Access in SQL Server for GDPR Compliance
In relation to the GDPR, I’ve recently been looking at the tools available within SQL Server to support auditing our...
2017-10-05 (first published: 2017-09-26)
5,830 reads
SQL Clone, Redgate Licensing, and Cookies
SQL Clone is amazing, and it can really save time and disk space for many organizations. I’ve got a series...
2017-09-26
647 reads
Clustered vs Nonclustered: Index Fundamentals You Need To Know
Photo by Patrick Tomasso on UnsplashHow many times have you known that adding an index would improve query performance but you weren’t exactly sure which type of...
2017-09-26
1,939 reads
DELETE data on SQL Server HEAP table – Did you know…
Before I complete my question let me provide context. I've received an alert saying that a specific database could not...
2017-10-04 (first published: 2017-09-26)
2,702 reads
Clustered vs Nonclustered: Index Fundamentals You Need To Know
Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash
How many times have you known that adding an index would improve query performance but you weren't exactly sure which type of index to add?
This happened to me all the time...
2017-09-26
14 reads
Deploy Dacpacs With PowerShell
Final Addendum – use dbatools!
Addendum – There is a repo on GitHub which I wrote and recommend using for build/deployment of DACPACs....
2017-09-26
7,477 reads
Policy Based Management and Powershell
Introduction
Policy Based Management (PBM) can be used to inform DBAs when an incorrect setting is being used on a SQL...
2017-10-04 (first published: 2017-09-26)
2,022 reads
Blogs
Keeping Track of my ConEmu CLIs
By Steve Jones
I use ConEmu for my terminal interface. I’m still on Windows 10 at home,...
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers