Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
Who's bad?
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it...
2008-03-28
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Robert Davis
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Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it is...
2008-03-28
1,439 reads
The Shadow Knows What Procedures Lurk in the SQL Plan Cache
How do you know what procedures are cached in SQL Server? Simple, just ask, and SQL Server will tell you.You...
2008-03-28
1,463 reads
Suggested Reading: Deadlock Notifications in SQL Server 2005
Here's a good article on setting up Deadlock Notifications in SQL Server 2005 written by Patrick LeBlanc.
2007-10-16
1,473 reads
Undocumented use of the Columns_Updated() function
Q I need an easy way to see if a delete transaction has fired a trigger. Do you have any...
2007-08-01
605 reads
Breaking Up is Easy to Do
Breaking Up is Easy to DoHardIt's nice to be able to package a process into a single, tidy, elegant query,...
2007-07-03
595 reads
Who said that breaking up is hard to do?
Some of you younger DBA’s out there may not know who Neil Sedaka is or remember his poignant words "Breaking...
2007-07-03
602 reads
SQL Server Error Logs
The active SQL Server error log is one of the first places people look when there is a problem. For...
2007-06-29
1,590 reads
The War Begins :: Reporting for duty
No, I'm not going to keep making corny references to war and being a soldier. But in many ways, we...
2007-06-29
1,332 reads
Check and Set Default file Locations with TSQL
Checks the default file locations for your data and log files. If not set, it sets them to the specified values. This is written for a SQL 2005 default instance. Registry paths may be different for SQL 2000 or named instances.The script can be easily modified to update it if the current value is set […]
2007-01-01 (first published: 2006-12-21)
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