Tag Archives: microsoft sql server
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Buzzword Bingo
Leave a commentJune 13, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Grant Fritchey (b/t) is our host for T-SQL Tuesday this month and surprise surprise he’d like to talk about DEVOPS. …
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UDP vs TCP
3June 7, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
If you’ve worked much with named instances you’ve probably had to deal with the question “What port is that instance …
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Backup to NUL
14June 5, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Yes, I spelled that correctly. NUL not NULL. NUL is basically a location you can send a backup to. In …
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SQL Crossword
7May 31, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I thought I’d do another crossword. Enjoy! If you need any help with it feel free to let me know …
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Running multiple queries at the same time.
8May 24, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I read an interesting question today. Someone wanted to be able to run the same stored procedure multiple times, at …
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What’s in a partition?
Leave a commentMay 22, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
In my last post on partitioning I used the $Partition command in passing. I’ve been thinking it deserves a bit …
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T-SQL FizzBuzz
17May 17, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I was looking around for something to write about this evening and came across one of Russ Thomas’ (b/t) old …
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Why shouldn’t I shrink my database log file?
10May 15, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
TL;DR: It’s pretty pointless and can cause performance issues. Let’s start by asking why you might want to shrink your …
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Dynamic SQL and the joys of QUOTENAME
5May 11, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I’m a big fan of dynamic SQL. In the past I’ve written a How to, a Best Practices and even …
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Continuous Integration
Leave a commentMay 9, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again! This month we are being hosted by James Anderson (b/t). Thanks James! He has asked us …
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