Explicit and implicit datatype conversions
Did you know that 1/2=0? If you didn’t you could be in for some interesting surprises. 1/2 returns 0 because ... Continue reading
2022-08-25
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Kenneth Fisher
Using DBCC CLONEDATABASE to create a schema only copy of your database.
DBCC CLONEDATABASE is one of those features that I don’t use often but it’s really cool when I need it. ... Continue reading
2022-08-24 (first published: 2022-08-11)
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SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization by Benjamin Nevarez
I was recently asked to review SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization by Benjamin Nevarez (blog|twitter), and as soon as ... Continue reading
2022-08-16
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SQL Homework – August 2022 – Replication part 1
You’ll hear a lot of people complain about replication. Including me. That said, replication is an amazing tool. There really ... Continue reading
2022-08-15 (first published: 2022-08-02)
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Visiting with DBAs at midnight : T-SQL Tuesday #153
🎶🎵 Memories, not being alone in the moonlight 🎵🎶 Kevin Kline (blog|twitter) is our host for this month’s episode of ... Continue reading
2022-08-09
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What’s next III
In case you didn’t know I was given notice about a month and a half ago. Since I’ve talked about ... Continue reading
2022-08-04
24 reads
EXECUTE AS USER vs EXECUTE AS LOGIN
I use impersonation a lot. It’s a really easy way to check if someone has the permissions they are supposed ... Continue reading
2022-08-03 (first published: 2022-07-26)
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Perspective
I recently passed the second anniversary of the start of my stay in the hospital. A lot has happened since ... Continue reading
2022-07-28
32 reads
You’re doing your POC wrong! : T-SQL Tuesday #152
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again! Deborah Melkin (blog|twitter) is our host this month and she’d like to hear our opinion. A ... Continue reading
2022-07-27 (first published: 2022-07-12)
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SSMS Put pinned tabs in their own row
A while back (6 years ago 😲) I talked about how you can change the behavior of SSMS so that ... Continue reading
2022-07-21
122 reads
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Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers