Category Archives: Microsoft SQL Server
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SQL Puzzle: Advent of Code
Leave a commentAugust 29, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
A few years back someone started the Advent of code. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s an advent calendar …
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Copying formatted text out of a grid column.
7August 27, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I was reading a post today by Bert Wagner (b/t). Displaying Long Variable Values in SQL Server By the way, …
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Nada to Speaker: Demystifying and Diminishing Dynamic SQL Difficulties
3August 20, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Last Thursday I spoke at NTSSUG (North Texas SQL Server User Group). This is my local group (only 1.5 hours …
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What are my permissions?
1August 16, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Permissions are a common concern. One of the most frequent requests I get is I need X, Y and Z …
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Complicated linked servers and a bunch of head-desks: T-SQL Tuesday #104
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Wayne Sheffield (b/t) is our host this month for the long running blog party (104 months now and running!) started …
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Putting Object Explorer etc on the right side of SSMS rather than the left.
2August 8, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
A while back I was given the advice Move your tabs (Object Explorer etc) to the right side of SSMS. …
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T-SQL Formatters
3August 6, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I was given a truly horribly formatted piece of SQL. Something a bit like this only worse, …
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SQL Homework – August 2018 – Set up database mail
Leave a commentAugust 1, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
This month’s homework is pretty simple to say, not necessarily easy to do. Set up database mail. Why database mail? …
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Processes can dramatically improve your work until they don’t.
Leave a commentJuly 23, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
As always with something like this, I like to start with a definition so we are all starting in the …
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RESTORE VERIFYONLY what does WITH LOADHISTORY do?
2July 18, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Recently someone mentioned the LOADHISTORY option of RESTORE. It’s not horribly hard to find in BOL but it wasn’t the …
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