Category Archives: System Databases
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There are #temp tables and then there are ##temp tables.
Leave a commentMarch 16, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
Temporary tables are a common enough thing in T-SQL that most of us have probably used them on a fairly …
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SQL Judo’s Monthly Challenge – January 2014 – Restore the Master
5January 5, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
Every month SQL Judo (Russ Thomas) (b/t) challenges us to do his Monthly DBA Challenge. I’ve decided it would be …
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Putting sp_ at the beginning of your stored procedure.
1November 24, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
Every now and again you see articles and posts about putting sp_ at the beginning of a stored procedure. So …
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The default autogrowth settings do NOT come from the Model database.
1April 28, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently saw a question about How to inherit autogrowth settings. They commented that while the new database GUI seemed …
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Collation: Correction -> Instance
Leave a commentApril 14, 2014 by Kenneth Fisher
I had a recent run in with collation problems and it got me started reading about them. As I read …
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What is mssqlsystemresource?
1March 4, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
If you are lucky you’ve never seen an error along the lines of: But let’s face it, luck runs out. …
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Model database
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
Most DBAs have at least some idea what the system databases are for. Master has the list of databases & …
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