Tracking table changes seamlessly with Change Data Capture (CDC)
I am going to describe quite forgotten feature in SQL Server 2008. It is Change Data Capture (CDC) – powerful feature...
2011-07-15
2,432 reads
Danny Riebeek
- Interests: SQL Monitoring
- Website: https://www.sqltreeo.com
Do you use T-SQL debugging?
T-SQL debugging is not 100% in SQL Server. It has few bad drawbacks starting from difficulties when setting it up...
2011-07-13
1,208 reads
Copying parent-child rows and SQL Dependency Tracker
I was facing quite well-known issue today – I had to develop logic of duplicating (versioning) parent-child records. Because I was...
2011-07-12
1,982 reads
Denali’s Skeletons in the closet (and workaround), Part II
I continued to check SQL Server 2011 “Denali” for few things I dislike on 2008 R2 and tried to find...
2011-07-11
605 reads
Select random records using TABLESAMPLE clause
While I was reading Martin Catherall’s post about Selecting from a table with no rows returned I remembered TABLESAMPLE function...
2011-07-11
1,380 reads
How to merge (combine) date intervals in T-SQL
On my current project, I am dealing with date intervals in T-SQL very heavily. I’ve hit interesting issue recently – how...
2011-07-08
2,113 reads
Showing slowest parts of SQL query
I’ve received interesting question/requirement few days ago:
“… When viewing a query plan graphically, we usually have to hunt for the...
2011-07-08
1,657 reads
Wife and kids are leaving for holiday (it’s not off-topic)
My wife and kids are leaving for holiday (without me). Bad thing is that I will miss them, good thing...
2011-07-07
1,284 reads
Denali’s Skeletons in the closet, Part I
I’ve started to play little bit with SQL Server 2011 CTP Denali to find out whether some open wounds were...
2011-07-06
457 reads
Less code with rethrowing “exception” in SQL Server 2011
I wrote about some skeletons in the Denali’s closet here. Let’s also put some good on the table. Very handy...
2011-07-06
1,192 reads
Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
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Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...