Category Archives: SQLServerPedia Syndication
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What I learned from “The boy who cried wolf”
1May 28, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
I was thinking about the story The boy who cried wolf earlier today and realized that it has some lessons …
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Use session_context to create a “variable” that lasts between batches.
1May 26, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I had a brief conversation with Itzik Ben-Gan (about|twitter) on twitter and I have to tell you …
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Connecting to Azure SQL Database: Requested tenant identifier ‘00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000’ is not valid.
Leave a commentMay 20, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I got this rather interesting error while connecting to an Azure SQL DB. I was connecting using …
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Negative (-) is an operator and will affect the order of operations.
7May 18, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
An interesting question came to my attention the other day. A strange operation problem in SQL Server: -100/-100*10 = 0 …
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Running Azure from my android phone
1May 13, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I had a random thought. I wonder if there is a version of Azure Portal for Android. …
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Explain CROSS APPLY like I’m 5.
5May 11, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
A good friend of mine (Randolph West (blog|twitter) asked that someone Explain CROSS APPLY like they are 5. So, here’s …
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Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user
Leave a commentMay 6, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
This is an interesting error that you’ll occasionally get when accessing an AD/Windows ID. Msg 15404, Level 16, State 11, …
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SQL Homework – May 2020 – Forum Lurking.
Leave a commentMay 4, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
A few months ago I suggested writing blog post(s) as a great way to learn and document your progress (among …
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Call to action: What do you own?
2April 29, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
You restored that database, did you remember to change the owner or is it still you? How about that job …
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What is (local)?
Leave a commentApril 27, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
When connecting to a SQL Server instance sometimes you’ll see (local), localhost or even just a single period (hard to …
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