Tag Archives: T-SQL
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What version of SQL is SSMS scripting for?
Leave a commentMarch 25, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Recently (honestly it’s been a few years now) Microsoft split the lifecycle for SSMS out from the general SQL Server …
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Mixed feelings over the new truncation error
2March 20, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
As of SQL 2019 CTP2.0 or SQL 2017 CU12 Microsoft has given us a long-awaited addition to the truncation error. …
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Identity in a SELECT
4December 19, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Always be learning right? So when I saw this I had to go HU?! That’s new. What’s going on here? …
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My backup script (where, how, how big, etc.)
4November 26, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
A while back I wrote about how to find where your backups are. And I’ve also written about I use …
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Highlighting sp_spaceused
Leave a commentOctober 15, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve been using sp_spaceused a lot recently so I thought I would bring it up again. Basically it’s a quick …
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Which is faster? IN (list) or IN (SELECT FROM Temp)
8October 11, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
If you’ve done much with IN (list) then you’ve realized that it basically translates out to You’ve probably also realized …
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Generate a random number of children for each parent
4October 3, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I was asked an interesting question the other day. Is it possible to get a different random number of rows …
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Escaping strings
Leave a commentSeptember 24, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
No, I’m not talking about that nightmare everyone has where a bunch of strings are chasing you across a loom. …
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You can’t DELETE TOP (x) with an ORDER BY
8September 19, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Did you know you can’t do this? Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 8 Incorrect syntax near the keyword …
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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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