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Custom error messages
1July 24, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I’m sure lots of you have used the function RAISERROR to handle an error caused by your code. The problem …
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Current database vs database locks
2July 22, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I have a lot of co-workers who use sp_who and sp_who2 to see who’s in a given database. This is …
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Is it just me or does msdb feel a lot like a user database?
Leave a commentJuly 17, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
When you think of system databases, tables, etc there are a number of things you might think of. Necessary to …
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Short circuiting an AND
4July 15, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I did a post on how an OR short circuits. It was a somewhat unusual type of …
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Learning Powershell with Show-Command
4July 11, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Years ago I blogged about how I like to use the SSMS scripting feature to learn how to do things. …
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SQL Homework – July 2019 – Table Size
Leave a commentJuly 1, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
In general this homework series is meant to give you ideas of things to play with that most if not …
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Introducing sp_AzSQLDBPermissions (Beta)
9June 27, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve written a version of my permissions scripts for Azure SQL Database. It’s still in Beta but I’m confident enough …
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What does the User Mapping tab of Login Properties really tell us.
6June 24, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
In case it’s not clear, we are talking about the Login Properties GUI in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Now, …
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What permissions do temp stored procedures use?
6June 19, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
In a performance tuning class I recently took with Brent Ozar (b/t) he mentioned temporary stored procedures and an interesting …
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It’s interesting how an OR short circuits.
24June 17, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently did a post on the case expression short circuting and received a very very interesting comment from Chad …
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