My Toolbox - SSMS
No matter how hard Azure Data Studio (ADS) is pushed by Microsoft, most DBAs still use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). In this blog post, I’ll go through my...
2024-08-14 (first published: 2024-08-03)
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StraightforwardSQL
Async stats update causing blocking
I recently encountered an issue where an index rebuild set to wait_at_low_priority ended up blocking an asynchronous statistics update.
This interaction led to a large blocking chain where queries were...
2024-07-03 (first published: 2024-06-16)
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Are ABORT_AFTER_WAIT's victims logged?
In SQL Server, using the KILL command to terminate a session results in an entry being logged in the error log.
This raises the question: Does the ALTER INDEX REBUILD...
2024-06-05 (first published: 2024-05-18)
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Extended Events and I (T-SQL Tuesday #166)
Foreword
This month’s invitation is from Grant Fritchey (t|b), aka the Scary DBA, about Extended Events (XEs).
If you look at the Tags section of my blog, you can see that...
2023-10-06 (first published: 2023-09-13)
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Misleading SSMS Connection
Foreword
The other day I managed to confuse myself. I was looking up some information from an Extended Events (XE) session, but my eyes were playing a trick on me....
2023-01-16
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Advent of Code 2022
Foreword
Advent of Code is an annual event in which participants solve a series of coding puzzles. It typically begins on December 1 and runs through the end of the...
2022-12-23 (first published: 2022-12-08)
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Default event_file path for Extended Events
Foreword
Have you ever wondered where the .xel file is saved when you create a new Extended Event session and don’t specify the full path (just the file name)?
Like so:
Well,...
2022-12-14 (first published: 2022-11-30)
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T-SQL Tuesday #156 - Wrap Up
Foreword
Thank you everyone for participating! There is a total of 15 submissions and thanks to them, I’ve widened my perspective.
The order of the posts is chosen at random.
Greg Moore
Contribution|Blog|Twitter
Greg...
2022-11-17
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Testing the code (T-SQL Tuesday #156)
Foreword
Even though I picked the question, I struggled to answer it.
Following my train of thought - production code should be of the highest quality. To enforce quality, we use...
2022-11-23 (first published: 2022-11-08)
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Production Code (T-SQL Tuesday #156)
Background
T-SQL Tuesday - the brainchild of Adam Machanic and coordinated by Steve Jones (blog|Twitter) is a monthly blog party on the second Tuesday of each month. And I will...
2022-10-31
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PASS Data Community Summit LinkedIn Contest
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Boost SQL Server Security with gMSA: Real-World Examples & PowerShell Scripts
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Andreas Wolter on Evading Data Access Auditing
By Brian Kelley
There are always bad actors who will seek to get access to and, likely,...
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Determining the Updated Columns
I am creating a trigger in SQL Server 2022 and want to detect a change in a table. Here is my table DDL:
CREATE TABLE CustomerLarge ( CustomerID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CustomerLargePK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED , CustomerName VARCHAR(20) , CustomerContactFirstName VARCHAR(40) , CustomerContactLastName VARCHAR(40) , Address VARCHAR(20) , Address2 VARCHAR(20) , City VARCHAR(20) , CountryCode CHAR(3) , Postal VARCHAR(20) , creditlimit INT , discount numeric(4,2) , lastorderdate DATETIME , lastorderamount NUMERIC(10,2) , lastordercontact VARCHAR(20) , created DATETIME , modified DATETIME , modifiedby VARCHAR(20) , statusid INT , active BIT , customersize INT , primarysalesid INT) GOIf I want to detect that the creditlimit was updated, what IF statements should I use? See possible answers