Transparent Data Encryption’s Dirty Little Secret
Remember when you were eight years old, how exciting it was to order some of those amazing products that were...
2013-11-07
925 reads
Tracy McKibben
- Interests: Tech, gadgets, model railroading, photography, and of course SQL Server!
Do You Need A Log Recovery Tool?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post dispelling the myth that the simple recovery model disables the transaction...
2013-11-04
935 reads
sp_BackupDatabases v1.2
I just posted a new version of sp_BackupDatabases. The biggest change is that the procedure now creates one-time SQL Agent...
2013-10-29
1,616 reads
What’s In My Utility Belt? Issue #1
Welcome to the first issue of what I hope will become a monthly series called “What’s In My Utility Belt?”....
2013-10-29
540 reads
SQL Query Formatting – Putting Lipstick On A Pig
“Psssst….”
“Hey buddy! Yeah, you there in the propeller hat. You’re a SQL nerd, right? Can you help me tune this...
2013-10-24
903 reads
No, Simple Mode Doesn’t Disable The Transaction Log
If you’ve spent any time with me in person, trading war stories, you’ve likely heard my rant about the consultant...
2013-10-21
6,249 reads
One-stop Shopping for Backups
First, let me say that yes, I’m aware of Ola Hallengren’s excellent set of maintenance scripts, including those for doing...
2013-10-05
374 reads
New Blog Series – Origins
I’ve been struggling for months to bring this blog back to life. I’d love to produce content dedicated to the...
2013-10-02
420 reads
Using A Non-correlated Subquery To Avoid DISTINCT
Nobody wants duplicate data. It’s messy, wastes space, and looks really bad on a report – I get that. What I...
2013-10-02
1,302 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)...