Category Archives: Microsoft SQL Server
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DMV with SQL Server Service info (including the service accounts)
5September 12, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently found this DMV and couldn’t wait to share. sys.dm_server_services What’s so great about it? For each service for …
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My fantasy SQL feature(s)? T-SQL Tuesday #118
3September 10, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s fantasy football time again? Oh, fantasy feature? Oh, yea, that makes a lot more sense for #tsql2sday. What’s #tsql2sday? …
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When were the statistics last updated and how many rows were sampled?
1September 4, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
TL;DR; Final query is at the bottom. Every now and again (particularly when someone is having performance problems) I’ll get …
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SQL Homework – September 2019 – Getting the data in
Leave a commentSeptember 2, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Everything else aside two of the most important tasks of a database are to get data in, and get data …
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Why is as important as How
6August 28, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently had someone tell me, and I’m paraphrasing a bit here: We know how to fix this now, so …
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Setting Trigger Order
Leave a commentAugust 26, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you can help it you probably shouldn’t be using triggers. But if you have to use a trigger you …
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Why do DBAs dislike loops?
5August 22, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you started out as a developer you were probably taught how important loops are. They are one of the …
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7th Anniversary
6August 20, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
7 years ago today I posted my very first blog post and I’ll tell you it’s been a heck of …
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Constructing a datetime from an integer date and an integer time.
6August 15, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Occasionally I’ve seen date and time stored separately as integers. This had some practical applications back before we had date …
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When Have You Used MOT Tables? T-SQL Tuesday #117
6August 13, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Steve Jones (b/t) is our host for T-SQL Tuesday and in case you didn’t know has taken over running T-SQL …
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