When a Dogma has had its' day
Phil points out that the SQL Server community has a role to play in making sure that the wisdom of SQL Server Pundits is regularly tested and challenged.
Custom sp_start_job to delay next task until SQL Agent Job has completed
The system stored procedure sp_start_job is a very useful T-SQL command that starts a SQL Agent job. The problem with this is that it starts the job and it doesn't wait until the job is finished and sometimes I want to start a job and wait until the job is finished and move on to another job or task that depends on the result of the previous job.
SQL Saturday #61 - DC
A day of free training near Washington DC in December. Come and learn how more about SQL Server.
An Example of Test-Driven Development, Part 5
The fifth installment of this fantastic series by MVP Andy Leonard looks at database versioning. Be sure to read this one to continue learning more about TDD.
Do You Talk Salary in the Interview?
This is a reprinted editorial from August 2, 2005. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation. Steve discusses the challenge of discussing salary in an interview.
Implicit Permissions Due to SQL Server Database Roles
I have audited for permissions on my databases because users seem to be accessing the tables, but I don't see permissions which give them such rights. I've gone through every Windows group that has access to my SQL Server and into the database, but with no success. How are the users accessing these tables?
Extending SQL's Inherent Hierarchical Processing Operation
This article covers multipath operations that require a different hierarchical logic than SQL naturally produced hierarchical processing. These include nonlinear data ordering, the renormalization of data to remove replicated data, and the processing of network structures.
Implementing Execution Log Reports on 32-bit SQL Server 2008 R2
This article covers how to implement the SQL Server 2008 Execution Log DB and package on SQL Server 2008 R2
Windows Phone 7
Steve Jones has a pre-holiday look at the new Windows Phone 7 platform, with some thoughts on how it was designed.
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Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
SELECT SQUARE('12') See possible answers