Three Ways to Create a Temp Table
Taking it back to SQL 101 today because I recently saw something that floored me. I’m a big fan of temp tables. I use ’em all over the place...
2020-06-23
24,980 reads
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Three Ways to Create a Temp Table
Taking it back to SQL 101 today because I recently saw something that floored me. I’m a big fan of temp tables. I use ’em all over the place...
2020-07-06 (first published: 2020-06-23)
2,547 reads
Three Ways to Create a Temp Table
Taking it back to SQL 101 today because I recently saw something that floored me. I’m a big fan of temp tables. I use ‘em all over the place...
2020-06-23
3 reads
Speaking at SQL Saturday Albany
For the second consecutive year, I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Albany 2020 on July 25th, 2020. I will be presenting “Keys to a Healthy Relationship with SQL...
2020-06-16
2 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #127 - Non-SQL Tips & Tricks
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community blogger each month, and this month Kenneth Fisher (blog | twitter) asks us for non-SQL tips &...
2020-06-09
8 reads
Home Office Desk Evolution
Setting up a home office can be a daunting task. Doubly so when you don’t get an opportunity to plan it out and you have to set things up...
2020-06-02
1 reads
Checking for SQL Server Updates with dbatools
It turns out I was doing this all wrong for months. For the longest time, I’ve been checking my SQL Server instances to see what needs patching with Test-DbaBuild...
2021-04-26 (first published: 2020-04-28)
939 reads
Checking for SQL Server Updates with dbatools
It turns out I was doing this all wrong for months.
For the longest time, I’ve been checking my SQL Server instances to see what needs patching with Test-DbaBuild from...
2020-04-28
69 reads
Remote Work Resources
We’re at least five weeks into this thing here in New York and while there are some encouraging signs, it’s more likely than not that “non-essential” workers aren’t at...
2020-04-21
4 reads
SQL Saturday Organizer Q&A
A little while ago, Ray Kim (blog | twitter) asked a few folks who organize SQL Saturday events a few questions for his blog. The results are in and...
2020-04-09
3 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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