Tag Archives: T-SQL
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Creating a list of random numbers
3March 22, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I was working on a blog post this weekend that required a list of random numbers. Now, this isn’t exactly …
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The parts of an object’s name
3March 20, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Any object within a database in SQL Server has what is called a four part name. Which rather implies four …
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Using GROUP BY instead of DISTINCT
6March 6, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Recently, Aaron Bertrand (b/t) posted Performance Surprises and Assumptions : GROUP BY vs. DISTINCT. In it he says he prefers …
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Queries with optional parameters
20February 27, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
These are those queries where you are pulling for, let’s say, a first name, a last name, a state, and/or …
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What’s in my backup file?
Leave a commentFebruary 22, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Restoring a backup file is pretty easy right? Ok, but what if more than one database backup is stored in …
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Deadlock priority
5February 8, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Everyone deals with deadlocks from time to time. But sometimes we need to control who’s the deadlock victim and who …
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Lead Blocker
16January 18, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Blocking is just part of life I’m afraid. Because we have locks (and yes we have to have them, and …
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Connect suggestion to add included columns to sp_helpindex
1January 10, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I’m a big fan of the sp_help system stored procedures, which is why I’ve been a bit disappointed that the …
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sp_refreshsqlmodule_internal – The user does not have permission to perform this action.
Leave a commentDecember 28, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
Honestly, I’m only posting this because I had a hard time finding anything posted on this error and I found …
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sp_helptext vs object_definition()
4December 21, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve been using sp_helptext for years. Honestly I probably end up using it at least once a day. But I …
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