Tag Archives: problem resolution
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Copying a TDE database from one instance to another
12June 22, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
I got my first real world experience with a TDE (transparent data encryption) database recently. For those who don’t know …
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Test first; Mileage may vary;
2May 14, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
I went to a SQL Saturday recently and saw a number of great sessions. If you haven’t been to a …
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Clean out all bad characters from a string.
10March 25, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
I have a customer who is having a problem with a load. He is getting a fair number of bad …
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Dealing with layered function calls
5February 5, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
T-SQL is not the best language in the world for formatting strings. It can be done, but typically you are …
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Finding the reason for the error “Subquery returned more than 1 value”
1January 7, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
First this type of error is because a subquery returned more than one row when it wasn’t allowed to. In …
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‘Twas 4:45 Friday
3December 16, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
‘Twas 4:45 Friday, and all through the office not a creature was stirring, not even the bosses. The code was …
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The amazing never shrinking heap
Leave a commentAugust 25, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
This is a quick demo of a little “trick” with heaps I’ve known about for a couple of years. However …
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Why am I getting a primary/unique key violation?
3July 23, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
This may seem like a question with a simple answer but there is a bit more to it than you …
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T-SQL Tuesday #56: Assumptions
6July 8, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
I assume that since it’s the second Tuesday of the month that it’s time for T-SQL Tuesday. And you can …
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