Tag Archives: problem resolution
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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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Help! My restore has finished but the database still has a status of recovering.
Leave a commentJanuary 8, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve been thinking about writing this for a bit and then a co-worker actually had this problem recently, so, well, …
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Error message: http://System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Conversion failed when converting the varchar value ‘NULL’ to data type int.
7December 5, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I love this error. Primarily because it demonstrates two very important things. Errors matter. Make sure when you ask someone …
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Debugging techniques (focusing on T-SQL)
12September 23, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; Add PRINT and/or SELECT statements. Comment/uncomment out pieces of code to isolate problems. Change INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE statements to SELECTs. Disclaimer: …
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Why is as important as How
6August 28, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently had someone tell me, and I’m paraphrasing a bit here: We know how to fix this now, so …
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Why am I getting an NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS error when creating or altering a stored procedure?
1May 8, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you have to deal with linked servers then you probably have or will run into the following error: Login …
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What happens in a trigger stays in the transaction: T-SQL Tuesday #106
Leave a commentSeptember 11, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Anything that happens in a trigger happens within the same transaction of the command that called it. Part of me …
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SQL Puzzle: Advent of Code
Leave a commentAugust 29, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
A few years back someone started the Advent of code. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s an advent calendar …
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Complicated linked servers and a bunch of head-desks: T-SQL Tuesday #104
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Wayne Sheffield (b/t) is our host this month for the long running blog party (104 months now and running!) started …
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Processes can dramatically improve your work until they don’t.
Leave a commentJuly 23, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
As always with something like this, I like to start with a definition so we are all starting in the …
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