Tag Archives: Microsoft SQL Server
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DBA Myths: CHECKDB runs on startup.
2September 16, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you look at your error log you’ll (hopefully) see entries like this shortly after the instance startup: CHECKDB for …
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DMV with SQL Server Service info (including the service accounts)
5September 12, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently found this DMV and couldn’t wait to share. sys.dm_server_services What’s so great about it? For each service for …
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My fantasy SQL feature(s)? T-SQL Tuesday #118
1September 10, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s fantasy football time again? Oh, fantasy feature? Oh, yea, that makes a lot more sense for #tsql2sday. What’s #tsql2sday? …
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When were the statistics last updated and how many rows were sampled?
Leave a commentSeptember 4, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
TL;DR; Final query is at the bottom. Every now and again (particularly when someone is having performance problems) I’ll get …
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SQL Homework – September 2019 – Getting the data in
Leave a commentSeptember 2, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Everything else aside two of the most important tasks of a database are to get data in, and get data …
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Setting Trigger Order
Leave a commentAugust 26, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you can help it you probably shouldn’t be using triggers. But if you have to use a trigger you …
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Why do DBAs dislike loops?
5August 22, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you started out as a developer you were probably taught how important loops are. They are one of the …
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Constructing a datetime from an integer date and an integer time.
4August 15, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Occasionally I’ve seen date and time stored separately as integers. This had some practical applications back before we had date …
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Temporary stored procedures
Leave a commentAugust 7, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; Temporary stored procedures are excellent for testing pieces of code that are going to go into (or come from) …
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SQL Homework – August 2019 – Getting the data out
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Everything else aside two of the most important tasks of a database are to get data in, and get data …
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