Tag Archives: microsoft sql server
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DROP and CREATE vs ALTER
25February 25, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
When writing a script to change a piece of code, say a stored procedure or view, there are 3 basic …
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Multiple instances, single query window
2February 18, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Anyone who has been reading my blog for a while should realize that several divisions in my company have been …
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Something to watch out for when using sp_rename on Stored Procedures, Functions and Views
6February 11, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
For those who don’t know, the stored procedure sp_rename allows you to change the name of a user-created object. Basically …
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EXECUTE, not required, but advisable.
1February 6, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day one of the developers I work with gave me a script similar to this: He was getting …
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Duplicate rows in a table
19February 4, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently got the following email: “I just keyed in two rows into a table with all identical column values. …
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Small changes, big effects
Leave a commentJanuary 30, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
We got a call last week about an application that was running slowly. The server was showing about 80% CPU …
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IsMSShipped
3January 23, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I just wanted to do a brief highlight of a handy little object property. For those of you who aren’t …
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My view isn’t reflecting changes I’ve made to the underlying tables.
8January 20, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Problem: You’ve added columns to the base table of one of your views, but the view isn’t reflecting the change. …
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Using New Horizontal/Vertical Tab Groups
9January 14, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
This isn’t really one of those features of SSMS that I’ve used a great deal. At least didn’t until recently. …
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What port is my instance listening on?
8January 8, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I just had the interesting task of finding the port number that one of the instances I deal with is …
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