Locking Behavior – Foreign Keys
With Snapshot (read committed snapshot and snapshot isolation level) enabled, when data reading on a table takes place, if any...
2012-06-26
2,750 reads
Blog Posts
Preach The Gospel Always, If Necessary Use Words
I’ll be honest, I contemplated a lot about whether to write this blog or not for fear that it may...
2012-06-26
268 reads
Problems with my new book
First off, I apologize. As if writing a book wasn’t hard enough, now we get new problems because of on-demand...
2012-06-26
834 reads
SQL Rally 2012 Nordic
The Nordic SQL Server event of the year is getting closer and closer. YES it is SQL Rally Nordic that...
2012-06-26
886 reads
SQLBif Gets A Job - SQLCommunity Redeemed...
Back in May, I had a conversation with a sql friend in the community, and well, my friend (who I...
2012-06-26
1,443 reads
Want to lose #20PoundsBeforeTheSummit? Join the #GetHawt competition!
We here in the IT community are clearly concerned about our weight. More specifically, we’re concerned about our weight going...
2012-06-26
961 reads
X-XMLA: v. Creating XMLA Script from Visual Studio and Deploy the Database
This will be the easiest entry in this series. This is a reblog of an article I wrote last year....
2012-06-26
1,176 reads
Almost an MCSA
I took four beta tests earlier this year for SQL Server 2012. I had debated writing another book, and I’ve...
2012-06-25
1,280 reads
And the results are in…..SQL Server 2012 beta exams
Well after being a bit late in trying to book the beta exams I managed to get three of the...
2012-06-25
941 reads
Goals – The end of one year, start of another
Just about a year ago, I talked about the importance of setting goals for yourself, both personally and professionally, making...
2012-06-25
1,016 reads
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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