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Is it just me or does msdb feel a lot like a user database?
Leave a commentJuly 17, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
When you think of system databases, tables, etc there are a number of things you might think of. Necessary to …
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Short circuiting an AND
2July 15, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I did a post on how an OR short circuits. It was a somewhat unusual type of …
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Learning Powershell with Show-Command
3July 11, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Years ago I blogged about how I like to use the SSMS scripting feature to learn how to do things. …
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SQL Homework – July 2019 – Table Size
Leave a commentJuly 1, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
In general this homework series is meant to give you ideas of things to play with that most if not …
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Introducing sp_AzSQLDBPermissions (Beta)
8June 27, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve written a version of my permissions scripts for Azure SQL Database. It’s still in Beta but I’m confident enough …
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What does the User Mapping tab of Login Properties really tell us.
3June 24, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
In case it’s not clear, we are talking about the Login Properties GUI in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Now, …
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What permissions do temp stored procedures use?
3June 19, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
In a performance tuning class I recently took with Brent Ozar (b/t) he mentioned temporary stored procedures and an interesting …
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It’s interesting how an OR short circuits.
21June 17, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently did a post on the case expression short circuting and received a very very interesting comment from Chad …
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Does the case expression short circuit?
8June 13, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Let’s start with definitions: CASE Expression: This is basically an inline IF .. ELSE IF .. ELSE IF ….. etc …
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The butterfly effect. T-SQL Tuesday #115
Leave a commentJune 11, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
This month, our host Mohammad Darab (b/t) has given us an interesting subject. Dear 20 year old self. Where we …
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