Category Archives: SQLServerPedia Syndication
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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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db_owner in msdb == sysadmin
1May 6, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
This doesn’t require much in the way discussion. This isn’t exactly a huge issue since I don’t think granting db_owner …
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SQL Homework – May 2019 – SQLCMD and the DAC
5May 1, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Yes, it’s that time again. Time to do your homework. This month your homework is to set up the DAC …
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What do you get with a Free account in #Azure?
Leave a commentApril 29, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
The first thing I want to do is say thank you to Michael Crump (b/t). He tweeted out this: What …
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Yes, pulling just the data you need is really important.
Leave a commentApril 24, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I was asked the other day why a customer was having performance issues on a table. A simple SELECT that …
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Shrinking a large database with limited outage windows
10April 22, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Yes, I realize you shouldn’t shrink your database (data files or log files), but I recently had a case where …
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It’s all just data.
2April 17, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Tables, stored procedures, views, logins, constraints, etc, etc. It’s all just data. In every database system I’ve ever worked on …
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How do I let someone execute a SQL Agent job they don’t own?
2April 15, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
In my last post I discussed the fact that SQL Ids can, in fact, be useful on an instance that …
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Can SQL Ids be used on an instance with Windows Authentication only?
2April 11, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; Yes, but. It’s generally considered more secure to have your SQL Server instance set to Windows Authentication and not …
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Writing Crossword puzzles with a database: T-SQL Tuesday #113
2April 9, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Todd Kleinhans (b/t) is host for T-SQL Tuesday this month and wants us to talk about how we use databases …
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