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The difference between BIN2 and Case-Sensitive collations in SQL

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Here you will learn about the key differences between the binary and SQL/Windows collations. You will see that even with all sensitivity flags enabled, SQL/Windows collation cannot behave the same way as the binary collations.

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2024-03-15

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GENERATE_SERIES() Breaks Minimal Logging

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tl;dr The title says it all. Prologue One of the keys to my personal learning is that, very early in my database career, I taught myself how to make lot’s of rows of Random Constrained Data in a comparatively short time. With the help of a few good folks over time, the method has been […]

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2023-09-18

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Performance Tuning with SQLFacts Tools

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The need for performance tuning your SQL Server workloads has never been more critical. As workloads are moved into cloud services, their efficiency has a direct impact on the recurring bills. A workload that consumes more resources than necessary costs more to host in the cloud and affects the bottom line for your organization.

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2023-04-07

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Manage Your Business Rules in T-SQL Query

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Motivation At some point in the carrer, we have come across the problem of hard-coded values in SELECT or WHERE clauses.  And we all agree that these hardcoded values must be parametrised. This bad habit usually backfires when we need to troubleshoot a query. These hardcoded values are usually a business role baked in the […]

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2022-10-18 (first published: )

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Playing popular game of Wordle using T-SQL

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Popular and addictive game of Wordle is now written in Transact SQL script. With this script, you can now  play this game on Microsoft SQL Server, using your favourite editor - SSMS, ADS, VS Code, and enjoy playing the game during free time, or whilst waiting for the other SQL query to complete.

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2022-01-19

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Playing popular game of Wordle using T-SQL

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Popular and addictive game of Wordle is now written in Transact SQL script. With this script, you can now  play this game on Microsoft SQL Server, using your favourite editor - SSMS, ADS, VS Code, and enjoy playing the game during free time, or whilst waiting for the other SQL query to complete.

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2022-01-19

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