Source Control for the Reluctant DBA
This is the 2nd post in the series named SQL Server and Continuous Integration. The previous post explained the problems I...
2016-07-13
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The Database Avenger
SQL Server and Continuous Integration
This is the 1st in a series of posts on SQL Server and Continuous Integration. Some of the tools I’ll be...
2016-07-07
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Selective Logging with the UPDATE() Function
Triggers can be very useful when you want to log changes to your data, but what if you’re only interested...
2016-06-22 (first published: 2016-06-16)
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Deletes Ignore Check Constraints
I know it sounds a bit odd but DELETE statements really do ignore table constraints. Running the code below in...
2016-06-03 (first published: 2016-05-30)
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Broken Update With Join
Last month I wrote a post titled Broken Left Join which covered an easy to make mistake that I see...
2016-05-26 (first published: 2016-05-18)
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Minimum Memory Grant Query Hint
This month Wendy Pastrick is the host for T-SQL Tuesday #78. This month we have to “learn something new and blog...
2016-05-19 (first published: 2016-05-10)
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Cumulative Updates Every 2 Months
The SQL Server team is implementing an Incremental Servicing Model (ISM) to deliver updates for SQL Server. This is basically a...
2016-04-25
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Broken Left Join
Here is a simple example of a LEFT JOIN that returns the sales stats for all employees under 21.
SELECT e.Name,...
2016-04-21
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Partition Switching #TSQL2SDAY #77
The ALTER TABLE..SWITCH command allows you to almost instantly move large amounts of data from one table to another. It does...
2016-04-20 (first published: 2016-04-12)
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Certain DBs in an AG not Backing Up
Last week, I received an alert that the percentage of transaction log in use on one of our production databases...
2016-03-29
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Blogs
A New Word: Lilo
By Steve Jones
lilo– n. a friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right...
Learning Database Design and Power BI Performance
I spend my days working on and managing SQL Server instances—working days at least,...
Free SQL Training: Dive into Databases This December!
Want to learn SQL and get some real practice this December? Check out the...
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Problem installing SQL Server 2022
Hello, I currently have an instance of SQL Server 2019 Developer installed on my...
How to Attach and Detach Databases in SQL Server
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What is Terraform?
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