Category Archives: Problem Resolution
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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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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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Misleading errors: “Server is configured for Windows authentication only.” But it’s not!
3June 18, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
In general, the errors SQL gives are highly useful. Of course every now and again you get one that’s just …
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The identity column, the insert and the linked server.
1June 14, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; When doing an insert across a linked server you have to include the list of fields to be inserted …
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Updated query to view data in the error log
2May 31, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
This is one of my favorite scripts. It pulls all of the data from the error log and dumps it …
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Interview questions: What’s the first thing you would do if a user reports slowness.
8May 28, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
We’ve been doing a fair amount of interviewing recently and one of our big questions is What do you do …
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The trials and tribulations of REVERTing from impersonation
1May 16, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Impersonation is a highly useful tool in your toolbox. With the EXECUTE AS clause you can allow your stored procedure …
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I’ve gotten a transaction log full error but when I look it’s not full??
2April 16, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Every now and again I’ll get an error telling me a transaction log is full. This can be for any …
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Deleting a lot of data
5April 12, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently had the task of deleting a bit over a billion rows from a table. Now I could have …
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Simply Debugging
3March 7, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Debugging is a life skill. Yes, the term comes from IT (literally removing a bug from a computer believe it …
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