Tag Archives: Microsoft SQL Server
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End an ALTER DATABASE immediately if anyone is in the database.
5June 11, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
The development team has told me they’ve shut down the application, there are no more connections and I can go …
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SQL Homework – June 2020 – DML Triggers
Leave a commentJune 4, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
Triggers. Blech. Triggers are a really really cool feature of SQL Server, that are continuously misused and cause all kinds …
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TSQL Tuesday #127 Invite – Non SQL Tips and tricks
37June 2, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
How about for this months TSQL Tuesday let’s do another month of tips and tricks. But just to be a …
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Use session_context to create a “variable” that lasts between batches.
11May 26, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I had a brief conversation with Itzik Ben-Gan (about|twitter) on twitter and I have to tell you …
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Negative (-) is an operator and will affect the order of operations.
7May 18, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
An interesting question came to my attention the other day. A strange operation problem in SQL Server: -100/-100*10 = 0 …
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Explain CROSS APPLY like I’m 5.
5May 11, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
A good friend of mine (Randolph West (blog|twitter) asked that someone Explain CROSS APPLY like they are 5. So, here’s …
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Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user
Leave a commentMay 6, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
This is an interesting error that you’ll occasionally get when accessing an AD/Windows ID. Msg 15404, Level 16, State 11, …
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SQL Homework – May 2020 – Forum Lurking.
Leave a commentMay 4, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
A few months ago I suggested writing blog post(s) as a great way to learn and document your progress (among …
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Call to action: What do you own?
2April 29, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
You restored that database, did you remember to change the owner or is it still you? How about that job …
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What is (local)?
Leave a commentApril 27, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
When connecting to a SQL Server instance sometimes you’ll see (local), localhost or even just a single period (hard to …
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