Tag Archives: microsoft sql server
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Creating a list of random numbers
3March 22, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I was working on a blog post this weekend that required a list of random numbers. Now, this isn’t exactly …
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The parts of an object’s name
3March 20, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Any object within a database in SQL Server has what is called a four part name. Which rather implies four …
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Compressed backup errors and TF 3042
6March 16, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Compressing your backups has very few downsides. It’s usually faster (the additional time for compression is less than the time …
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Limits vs Goals
1March 14, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s that time again. Kennie Nybo Pontoppidan (b/t) is the host this month and has a fun topic for us. …
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Using GROUP BY instead of DISTINCT
6March 6, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Recently, Aaron Bertrand (b/t) posted Performance Surprises and Assumptions : GROUP BY vs. DISTINCT. In it he says he prefers …
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Queries with optional parameters
20February 27, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
These are those queries where you are pulling for, let’s say, a first name, a last name, a state, and/or …
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What’s in my backup file?
Leave a commentFebruary 22, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Restoring a backup file is pretty easy right? Ok, but what if more than one database backup is stored in …
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Deadlock on ALTER DATABASE
5February 16, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I had an interesting problem recently. A database was stuck in single user mode. How exactly was it stuck you …
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Server level database permissions
4February 14, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Sometimes you have a requirement to grant permissions to every database on an instance. Historically this has required creating a …
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