TRUNCATE an FK

The Basic Symmetric Key

Rollback or Not?

The Low Deadlock Priority

Alternatives To SQL Server 2022 Built-in function GREATEST

If you haven’t already heard, SQL Server 2022 introduced a new built-in system function called GREATEST. Simply put, it is to a set of columns, variables, expressions etc. what the MAX function is to a set of values (i.e., rows) of a single column or expression.

The Basics of Using GENERATE_SERIES()

This article shows how GENERATE_SERIES can be used with a few practical examples and a warning on parameters.

Closing a Symmetric Key

A Reuseable Window

GENERATE_SERIES() Breaks Minimal Logging

tl;dr The title says it all. Prologue One of the keys to my personal learning is that, very early in my database career, I taught myself how to make lot’s of rows of Random Constrained Data in a comparatively short time. With the help of a few good folks over time, the method has been […]

Yet Another Reason to Not Use sp_ in your SQL Server Object Names

In 2012, Aaron Bertrand said most everything I knew (and a bit more) about the issues with using the sp_ prefix. Procedures prefixed with sp_ have special powers when placed in the the master database in that it can be executed anywhere on the server after that.