This week, I had a problem where I needed to find and eliminate from the results of my query, data with overlapping ranges. I have written about this topic before, in my database design book book, in regards to building a trigger to avoid overlapping ranges. But even though I have written on the topic … Read more
This week’s blog is a just about a few simple SQLCMD mode tricks for SSMS, but these tricks have saved me a lot of heartache over the years. If you have not used SQLCMD mode, you probably should be. I don’t intend to introduce SQLCMD too deeply, because there are tons of articles out there … Read more
I am working through my OneNote folder of blog ideas, and this one, while being one of the least consequential of them, was the most interesting tonight (and just may help you one day when converting data some day when you are wondering what the heck just happened in a query). You probably know that … Read more
Along with designing databases, I do a lot of ETL from, well, let’s call them “third party systems that I did not design or implement.” That may seem arrogant, but hey, I write books about database design so I should at least seem like I am able to do things right. In either case, when … Read more
In this blog, I want to explore what you can do to block the owner of a database from doing stuff in the database they “own”. Own is a strange term, because really there is just one user that is listed as owner, but there are there are three users who essentially are owner level, … Read more
Stored Procedures give you more freedom than functions, and so they would be the obvious way of developing processes in SQL Server. There is one longstanding problem with them though, although it is possible to send several results to the application from a stored procedure and read them without problems, you have big problems capturing more … Read more
In Microsoft Dynamics 365, by default, database is optimized for database record storage and not for files or attachment storage. Hence, cost effective storage management of huge sized data files becomes one of the most critical aspects for the organizational users. This blog narrating the process of optimizing storage capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM … Read more
I recently migrated an old .NET Framework 4.5.2 app to .NET Core 2.0. This isn’t a guide to that process and certainly isn’t an exhaustive list of all the things that can go wrong, but rather provides an account of what worked for me, where the pitfalls were, and whether it was worth it. The … Read more
Last year, I blogged about a conference that I really liked: Music City Code. You can read that blog here, and all of it still applies… and more! This year, Gaines Kergosien (@gainesk) and his team have expanded into Music City Tech, taking things in a direction that I hope my followers and blog subscribers … Read more
Everyone needs deadlines. Even the beavers. They loaf around all summer, but when they are faced with the winter deadline, they work like fury. If we didn’t have deadlines, we’d stagnate. ― Walt Disney I hate deadlines. Really. I truly hate them. The problem is: they are usually unrealistic, often not much more than a wild … Read more
The versatility of T-SQL allows you to create complex scripts to accomplish just about anything you need to do. In this blog post, Louis Davidson demonstrates how to output the status so that you can know how far along a script has progressed.… Read more
There are a few topics in SQL Server that I love academically, but are truly a pain to get right. The other is security, and it pales in comparison to how much trouble it is to program for truly safe concurrent access to a resource. The biggest issue: time. What makes it more difficult is … Read more
“Aim High!” “You could be president some day!” “You’re just as smart as that Einstein kid down the street” … …And other crazy things parents tell their kids. Of course, very few kids grow up to be President, or a groundbreaking scientist. Most of us are merely adequate. Adequate parents, and adequate at our jobs, … Read more
There are a lot of features of SQL Server that I (and I know some of you), never really get around to using, usually because you have your ways, you have done things the same way for 100 years, and it all works fine enough. You may have heard of a feature, but said I … Read more
I am sitting in my hotel room in Nashville getting ready for #SQLSatNash as I write this. I know there are a lot of #SQLFamily here at this and I look forward to seeing them again. It is snowing outside. This is perfect weather for a Florida boy to contemplate his life and pen a … Read more
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. – Charles Dickens Happy New Year! I am stoked to be blogging here on SimpleTalk! I am a major fan of Redgate’s tools for a long time, and have been a Friend of Redgate for almost as long. My new year’s resolution is … Read more
SQL Server replication works well on a low latency, high bandwidth network. When actual networks have high latency or limited bandwidth, problems may occur. Such conditions can be emulated with hardware or software tools. You can quickly set up a test environment to emulate high latency and limited bandwidth by using free, open source software. … Read more
The question often comes up: how do you pivot data in SQL Server? In looking closer at the question, there are two similar effects that are wanted. One is the equivalent to a pivot table in Excel, the other is a matrix transposition, where a table is simply rotated, as if it were an array, … Read more
This article shows you how to troubleshoot a failed installation of SQL Server and how to implement a workaround to allow SQL Server 2017’s PolyBase feature to be installed when version 9 of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is present. An installation of all features in SQL Server 2017 has three external dependencies. Python, R, … Read more
SSMS has an interesting feature that turns easy the creation of policies to check our servers compliance. Right-clicking an item inside object explorer window, you will find ‘Facet’ item in the context menu. Clicking on it will open the ‘View Facets’ window. In the ‘View Facets’ window, you can see all the facets related to … Read more
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