Why does changing a table on a SQL Server 7.0 server cause "OLE DB provider 'SQLOLEDB' supplied inconsistent metadata. An extra column was supplied during execution that was not found at compile time." to occur when query the table from a SQL Server 2000 server via link to other. In this article by James Travis, he shows you what the problem is and how to fix it.
2002-02-28
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This stored procedure shows you the growth patterns of your SQL Server database files and enables you to plan ahead for your future storage needs!
2002-02-28
105 reads
Please join Jim Gray, Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft Research, for this Q&A Session. Jim, the father of Structured Query Language, has been looking at LARGE databases like Google, Hotmail, BarBar, CERN, EOS/DIS, Internet Archive, and others that are either at a Petabyte or will grow to a petabyte scale in the next year or so.
2002-02-28
3,353 reads
Sooner or later everyone who works with SQL Server hears that it is better to avoid dynamic SQL at all cost. Dynamic SQL will force you to give out more permissions than static SQL. This article by Robert Marda shows you some of the security issues with dynamic SQL.
2002-02-27
12,963 reads
One of the most overlooked areas in optimizing SQL Server and Transact-SQL is the recompilations of stored procedures. A database getting thousands of recompiles an hour will suffer in performance and show short term blocking that will affect the database users. This article by Randy Dyess shows you some of the ways you can avoid stored procedure recompiles.
2002-02-26
25,017 reads
Andy read this book recently and gave it a great review. Even though it's not a SQL book! Seriously, take a look at the review. It's a good book that is fun to read.
2002-02-26
3,280 reads
Steve Jones examines the possible notion that a system can achieve 0% downtime. Read on to see if he thinks it's possible.
2002-02-25
5,987 reads
Adept SQL Tools has released AdeptSQL Workshop, an IDE for SQL-based database schema creation and management. Includes fast drag'n'drop SQL decompiler, editor, preprocessor, SQL analyzer and difference engine, "revision history" scripts with a separate player utility for remote db deployment, integration with MS Visual SourceSafe. Pricing starts at $130,
$199 with VSS support.
2002-02-25
3,342 reads
Use this free stored procedure to compare two different SQL Server databases in order to discover how they differ. Sp_CompareDB can compare both table structures and the data stored in them. Also learn how the stored procedure was written.
2002-02-22
1,214 reads
In this article by Robert Marda, he shows you how to detect and correct deadlocks.
2002-02-19
8,392 reads
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By Ed Elliott
Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow...
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I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?