Daily Coping 11 Jul 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-07-11
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Blog Posts
Extended Events for Anything But Query Tuning: xml_deadlock_report_filtered
One of my favorite little bits of information about Extended Events is the fact that everyone running a full instance of SQL Server has deadlock information available to them,...
2022-07-11
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How do I tell if identity_insert is turned on and if so what table?
TLDR; The code to do this is below but it’s a bit hokey and probably isn’t worth it. It’s pretty ... Continue reading
2022-07-11 (first published: 2022-06-24)
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The First 30 Days at a New Database Job
Over the last four years, ok it seems longer than that, I’ve started four jobs. A couple just weren’t good fits. One I was at for three years. I...
2022-07-11 (first published: 2022-06-27)
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usp_SQLServerCarpenter_Tools_Estimate_Cardinality
This procedure will estimate the cardinality of all the columns of the supplied table list. If the table list is not supplied (or supplied with NULL, the default value)...
2022-07-11
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usp_SQLServerCarpenter_Tools_Estimate_Ineffective_Indexes
This procedure will list down all the indexes (Clustered as well Nonclustered Indexes) whose first key column having poor cardinality.
2022-07-11
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usp_SQLServerCarpenter_Tools_Estimate_Nonclustered_Indexes_Clashing_With_Clustered_Index
This procedure will list down all the nonclustered indexes, which includes key columns as that of the clustered index. It will also list the key columns of both –...
2022-07-11
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usp_SQLServerCarpenter_Tools_GenerateTSQLCode_For_Get_Put_APIs
This procedure will generate SQL Code for Get and Put API's. This may be useful if you are developing your own data replication strategy to replicate data across multiple...
2022-07-11
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Daily Coping 8 Jul 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-07-08
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Preventing Noisy VM Neighbors for SQL
Last Updated on January 24, 2023 by John Morehouse In today’s modern world, virtualization is often used to help mitigate cost as well as to provide flexibility in scaling...
2022-07-08
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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