Category Archives: T-SQL
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Using VALUES to construct an in-line table.
Leave a commentMay 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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How was it done back in the day? T-SQL Tuesday #114
2May 14, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s TSQL Tuesday and Matthew McGiffen (b/t) is our host with a subject near and dear to my heart. Puzzles! …
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What version of SQL is SSMS scripting for?
Leave a commentMarch 25, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Recently (honestly it’s been a few years now) Microsoft split the lifecycle for SSMS out from the general SQL Server …
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Mixed feelings over the new truncation error
2March 20, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
As of SQL 2019 CTP2.0 or SQL 2017 CU12 Microsoft has given us a long-awaited addition to the truncation error. …
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Querying temp tables across a linked server.
2March 14, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
And if you are still reading you probably fit into one of the following categories. Not a DBA A relatively …
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Disabling and enabling triggers
1March 6, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I tend to feel that a lot of people who use triggers don’t really understand them. That said, every now …
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Identity in a SELECT
4December 19, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Always be learning right? So when I saw this I had to go HU?! That’s new. What’s going on here? …
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Bulk insert and an identity column
1December 12, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
TL;DR; BULK INSERT doesn’t have an easy way to specify a column list so the columns in the insert file …
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My backup script (where, how, how big, etc.)
4November 26, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
A while back I wrote about how to find where your backups are. And I’ve also written about I use …
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SQL Homework – November 2018 – Constraints
2November 5, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
You’ve created tables before but how about constraints? Constraints allow a finer level of control over what data is allowed …
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