Foreword
This month’s invitation is from Deborah Melkin (b|t), about venting anything you want. So let’s start this rant.
There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and...
2022-07-29 (first published: 2022-07-12)
277 reads
Scary Scalar Functions series overview
Part One: Parallelism
Part Two: Performance
Foreword
In the second part of this series, we’ll look at how Scalar functions (or UDFs) affect performance.
If you want to follow...
2022-07-18 (first published: 2022-07-02)
555 reads
The problem
In this scenario, you have discovered that one of your Check constraints or Foreign keys is not trusted.
Maybe you’ve detected it with a sp_Blitz, dbachecks or out of...
2022-07-06 (first published: 2022-06-24)
355 reads
Foreword
I’m still surprised many people don’t realise how lousy Scalar functions (aka User Defined Functions aka UDFs) are. So because it’s my current focus in work and this Stack...
2022-06-21
23 reads
Foreword
This month’s invitation is from Mala Mahadevan, and it’s about coding standards. Fortunately, I may forget several basic ones because my team probably eradicated them long ago.
I’ll go with...
2022-06-14
4 reads
SQL Server 2022 CTP is here
It has been announced today (2022-05-24) during the MS Build event. The blog post includes a download link. Unfortunately, the Docker container is...
2022-05-24
19 reads
Foreword
I’ve started to play Lego Video games with my daughter, and since it’s one of her first games, it can be a little frustrating.
Even though there are no high...
2022-05-21
5 reads
Foreword
I’ve recently had to revisit this topic and spent a lot of time recalling the details. So I’m writing this blog post mainly as a reminder for myself.
The most...
2022-05-12
13 reads
It’s hard to convey sarcasm over the text. I’m putting this disclaimer at the top so I don’t come off egoistic. This post is meant as hyperbole, and...
2022-04-13
15 reads
The problem
As a fan of Dynamic Management Objects (DMOs), Query Store and Extended Events, I often work with the Query Hash and Query Plan Hash (I’ll refer to them...
2022-04-11
28 reads
This came up one day at my work when a developer was using it....
I’m sure I’ve never mentioned that I’m an amateur radio operator. Like Vegans and...
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I have a SQL Server instance that is not listening for connections on port 1433. By default, all ports are locked down on my server, except for the SQL Server port. What can I do to allow users to connect to the instance without knowing the port?
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