Category Archives: SQLServerPedia Syndication
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When were the statistics last updated and how many rows were sampled?
Leave a commentSeptember 4, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
TL;DR; Final query is at the bottom. Every now and again (particularly when someone is having performance problems) I’ll get …
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SQL Homework – September 2019 – Getting the data in
Leave a commentSeptember 2, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Everything else aside two of the most important tasks of a database are to get data in, and get data …
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Setting Trigger Order
Leave a commentAugust 26, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you can help it you probably shouldn’t be using triggers. But if you have to use a trigger you …
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Why do DBAs dislike loops?
5August 22, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you started out as a developer you were probably taught how important loops are. They are one of the …
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Constructing a datetime from an integer date and an integer time.
4August 15, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Occasionally I’ve seen date and time stored separately as integers. This had some practical applications back before we had date …
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When Have You Used MOT Tables? T-SQL Tuesday #117
6August 13, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Steve Jones (b/t) is our host for T-SQL Tuesday and in case you didn’t know has taken over running T-SQL …
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Temporary stored procedures
Leave a commentAugust 7, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; Temporary stored procedures are excellent for testing pieces of code that are going to go into (or come from) …
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SQL Homework – August 2019 – Getting the data out
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Everything else aside two of the most important tasks of a database are to get data in, and get data …
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Header Query Crossword
Leave a commentJuly 31, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I did an interesting form of crossword recently and since I haven’t done one in a while I figured this …
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Optional vs Required parameters in Stored Procedures
7July 29, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you are executing a stored procedure with a bunch of parameters it can be a bit of a pain …
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