Category Archives: Microsoft SQL Server
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What does the User Mapping tab of Login Properties really tell us.
6June 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?
6June 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.
24June 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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How do I force a SQL Login to change it’s password on next login
2June 5, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Forcing someone to change their password on a periodic basis is a pretty common thing, and any time I’ve gotten …
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SQL Homework – June 2019 – Property functions
Leave a commentJune 3, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Yep. It’s time for your monthly homework session. You’ve finished last months right? Please turn it in over there. This …
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I’m moving my permissions scripts to GitHub
2May 30, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve written very few things that I’m more proud of than my permissions scripts, sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. These scripts are …
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What is a distributed transaction?
1May 28, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
A while back I did a post defining a transaction. Basically, a transaction is a unit of work. The example …
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Using VALUES to construct an in-line table.
2May 22, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
This has come up a few times recently, I find it rather fascinating and I can never seem to remember …
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