Category Archives: Microsoft SQL Server
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Guid vs Identity columns (Ints)
11January 13, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
I came across an interesting question on SE last week. Guid vs INT – Which is better as a primary …
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Transactions: What are they?
7January 8, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve done a couple of posts now talking about how rolling back a transaction works. I thought this time I …
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Transactions: Rolling back a transaction inside a stored procedure.
4January 6, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
So over the last couple of posts I’ve talked about the fact that the ROLLBACK command will roll back an …
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Happy new year!
2January 1, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
Happy New Years! It’s the first day of the year and it’s a day known for setting goals. I had …
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SSMS Shortcuts and more
Leave a commentDecember 23, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I went and voted for #tribalawards and when I was finished they offer you links to 6 different free PDFs. …
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Transactions: Rolling back part of a transaction.
1December 19, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
In my previous post I mentioned the fact that the ROLLBACK command rolls back the entire transaction all the way …
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Transactions: Rolling back a nested transaction
5December 17, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Transactions are great and wonderful things. They make sure that our work stays atomic, consistent, isolated and durable (yes ACID). …
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T-SQL Tuesday #49: Wait for it
3December 10, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again and this time it’s being hosted by the SQL Soldier. He’s picked the subject of Waits. …
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Undocumented functionality in FORMATMESSAGE
2December 9, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I was reading a rather interesting post on stackexchange “Why is % a forbidden char in a THROW message?” (which …
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