Monthly Archives: September 2013
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The MERGE statement doesn’t have a WHERE clause.
5September 30, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
What the heck? Even indexes have WHERE clauses these days. I can’t remember what I was reading when I saw …
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Detaching a database
1September 26, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
In my general quest to figure out the T-SQL to do common GUI tasks I did some browsing through BOL …
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DBA Myths: You can’t use an alias in a DELETE statement
1September 24, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Recently I wrote about the myth that you can’t use an alias in an UPDATE statement. You can of course, …
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sp_DBPermissions V2.0
1September 18, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Last month I posted my stored procedures sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. I’m posting V2.0 of each with a few fixes. The …
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sp_SrvPermissions V2.0
1September 18, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Last month I posted my stored procedures sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. I’m posting V2.0 of each with a few fixes. The …
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Brad Shultz’s blog on reviewing your database
1September 17, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
This is possibly the best blog I have every read on the subject of reviewing a database. It is witty, …
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DBA Myths: You can’t use an alias in an UPDATE statement.
2September 16, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve found a very common belief among users of T-SQL (both DBAs and Developers) is that you can’t use an …
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Certifications: What are they good for?
4September 11, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Since Microsoft decided to drop the MCM/MCA program there has been an enormous amount of discussion about the program and …
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A T-SQL query to get current job activity
14September 5, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently had the task of collecting job activity for the purposes of turning it into a report for some …
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