Category Archives: Problem Resolution
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Altering a column in a large table: A case study
20July 14, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
Fair warning, this is a discussion piece. I had a task, I went through several possibilities and I’m going to …
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Comparing the contents of two tables Redux
Leave a commentJune 8, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
I did a post the other day on comparing two tables. It was meant as a general overview but I …
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Pulling data from a non-clustered index
1March 14, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
This is one of those things that I found very interesting but figured I’d probably never really use. Of course …
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Start SQL Server without tempdb
1January 20, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; Re-start the instance in safe mode (-f startup parameter) and move tempdb. Then re-start without the parameter. While at …
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‘Twas 4:45 Friday
Leave a commentDecember 23, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
I couldn’t think of anything really fun to post for Christmas Eve-Eve and I’ve been busy buying and wrapping presents …
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“That little green arrow.” or “My code used to work but now I’m getting a debug error.”
3October 15, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
If you’ve worked with SSMS for any length of time this will look awfully familiar: SSMS 2008R2 SSMS 2012 + …
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Keep an eye on those Audit files!
Leave a commentOctober 13, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday (#71) is hosted by Sebastian Meine (b/t). He has picked an interesting security subject. SQL Server …
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Finding the error from a failed job.
3October 7, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
This is a fairly simple one once you’ve seen it, but then so are lots of things🙂. Let’s say you …
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“sql_handle” is not a recognized table hints option.
Leave a commentSeptember 23, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve you’ve run a query similar to the following: And gotten an error similar to: Msg 321, Level 15, State …
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The 30 minute rule
4August 26, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
In one of my first IT jobs (back in the dark ages) we had something called the thirty minute rule. …
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