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if you run BACKUP DATABASE T-SQL, there is a parameter STATS which reports the percentage complete, However when you run the...

2012-03-31

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Select : Lock or No Lock?

Here is a post I happen to find today: why select command is not blocked by update command?

http://blog.csdn.net/zjcxc/article/details/4383113
First, I...

2012-03-30

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This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...

Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...

I am off to Live 360 today, on my last trip of the year....

i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...

Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Snowflake Level 5...

What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?

select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';