Search for a specified GUID (or its part) in all databases (updated)
This procedure searches for the specified GUID (or its part) in all (or selected one) databases
2011-02-21 (first published: 2008-01-24)
934 reads
Miscellaneous
Sorted views in 2005 and TOP clause
These examples show how You can circumvent the problem with not working TOP 100 PERCENT and ORDER BY in views.
2008-02-22 (first published: 2008-01-22)
1,288 reads
Show all database's tables' columns' collations.
Created view displays all text columns' collations in the current database with the information whether
the collation is different from the database's one.
2008-04-04 (first published: 2008-01-22)
1,735 reads
Generating combinations 'm elements from n-element set'
This procedure generates a dataset with combinations of elements_to_select taken from number_of_values element set. It prints also the prepared query.
2008-04-01 (first published: 2008-01-21)
1,214 reads
2008-02-27 (first published: 2008-01-21)
1,029 reads
Effectively mapping primary key – foreign key relations
This script maps the primary key - foreign key relations regardless if the column names are the same or not.
2012-05-15 (first published: 2007-11-07)
2,965 reads
2007-12-27 (first published: 2007-10-23)
1,021 reads
Partitioning - Part 2
Continuing on with a look at SQL Server 205 partitioning features, Andy Warren delves into archiving techniques.
2007-10-08
9,129 reads
The Troubleshooting List
SQL Server guru Andy Warren brings us a list of things that he considers when things go wrong. Read about some of the common sense approaches to solving performance and other problems.
2007-10-03
4,596 reads
Working Your SOX Off
The Sarbanes-Oxley act has drastically changed the jobs of many DBAs with the audit and reporting requirements this act entails. Brandie Tarvin brings us some hints about how you can go about complying with the new requirements.
2007-10-01
3,803 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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