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What is T-SQL Tuesday? T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different blogger each month. This blog party was started by Adam Machanic (blog|twitter). You can take part by posting your own participating post that fits the topic of the month and …
Continue readingQuestion I'm building a stored proc that can take in two separate values that each can be used to identify a single record. One of these values may be null. My logic is as follows: if IN_ORDER_ID is not NULL, save it to V_ORDER_ID. If it is NULL, then …
Continue readingA practical look at SQL Server’s COMPRESS() function and its use with large object data.
Continue readingShortcuts & tips from an Impatient DBA This series of short posts will demonstrate some lesser-known features, keyboard shortcuts, and other tips that make my day as a DBA more productive. None of these are groundbreaking super-secret features–they are the …
Continue readingIt’s T-SQL Tuesday, the blog party that SQL Server expert Adam Machanic (blog|twitter) started. This month’s episode is hosted by Wendy Pastrick (blog| twitter). The topic: Learn something new and blog about it SQL Server 2016 is coming out next month, and …
Continue readingShrinking a SQL Server database is usually the wrong fix; learn when the rare exceptions may apply.
Continue readingSomeone posted to #sqlhelp on Twitter, asking the following: “Wondered if anyone could enlighten me as to why ISNUMERIC(‘7d8’) returns 1?” Sure enough, SELECT ISNUMERIC('7d8') returns a 1. WTF? d isn’t numeric! OK, sure, if you say “seven-dee-eight” out loud …
Continue readingFor T-SQL Tuesday, I reflect on the SQL Server features I use and the ones I leave behind.
Continue readingIf you’ve ever looked at sys.sysprocesses or sys.dm_exec_requests (or a number of other DMVs), you’ve noticed there is a column called “sql_handle” that contains some binary gobbledygook. Books Online gives the (un)helpful definition as “Hash map of the SQL …
Continue readingWhen to use WITH OVERRIDE on your RECONFIGURE statement
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