Tag Archives: microsoft sql server

  1. Viewing errors with extended events

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    September 27, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    A little while back I came across this post: Identifying failed queries with extended events. It has a script to …
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  2. Conversion Precedence

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    September 20, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    Recently I talked about the difference between implicit and explicit datatype conversions. In it I ran this code: With the …
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  3. Creating a SERVER ROLE created a LOGIN as well.

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    September 6, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    One of my co-workers came to me the other day and told me that they found their network id as …
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  4. Explicit and implicit datatype conversions

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    August 25, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    Did you know that 1/2=0? If you didn’t you could be in for some interesting surprises. 1/2 returns 0 because …
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  5. SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization by Benjamin Nevarez

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    August 16, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    I was recently asked to review SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization by Benjamin Nevarez (blog|twitter), and as soon as …
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  6. Using DBCC CLONEDATABASE to create a schema only copy of your database.

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    August 11, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    DBCC CLONEDATABASE is one of those features that I don’t use often but it’s really cool when I need it. …
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  7. EXECUTE AS USER vs EXECUTE AS LOGIN

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    July 26, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    I use impersonation a lot. It’s a really easy way to check if someone has the permissions they are supposed …
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  8. SSMS Put pinned tabs in their own row

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    July 21, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    A while back (6 years ago 😲) I talked about how you can change the behavior of SSMS so that …
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  9. How do I tell if identity_insert is turned on and if so what table?

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    June 24, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    TLDR; The code to do this is below but it’s a bit hokey and probably isn’t worth it. It’s pretty …
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  10. An auditing mind set

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    May 31, 2022 by Kenneth Fisher

    I little while back I presented at Pass Data Community Summit. Specifically the presentation was Auditing your data and data …
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