Tag Archives: T-SQL

Exploring the Caves of Code Analysis in #SQLPrompt

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

I enjoy themes, and when I ran across the SQL Prompt Treasure Island, I had to take a few minutes and go through it. I wrote about a few of the items, and this post continues on with a feature … Continue reading →

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Trekking Through Formatting Forest on the #SQLPrompt Treasure Map

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

I enjoy themes, and when I ran across the SQL Prompt Treasure Island, I had to take a few minutes and go through it. I wrote about Code Snippet Cove recently, and this post continues to move across the map. … Continue reading →

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Code Snippet Cove on the #SQLPrompt Treasure Map

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

I’ve been away a bit in the last week with personal and family commitments. As a result, I feel a bit out of touch with work, and I have some catching up to do. However, when I ran across the … Continue reading →

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Date Fun with SQL Server

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

I saw a people discussing date formats on Twitter after PASS put out an advertisement for a webinar with a mm-dd-yyyy format. Plenty of people were annoyed and wanted to be sure that they realized that much of the world … Continue reading →

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I learned about the order of logical operations #SQLNewBlogger

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I had logic in a CS curriculum many years ago and I’ve worked with AND and OR statements for … Continue reading →

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Enabling Guest in a Database–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on February 15, 2018 by

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. The guest account exists in all your databases. This is installed by default, and guest is used to map … Continue reading →

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Getting Your SET Options

Posted on February 6, 2018 by

Have you ever used @@options? I haven’t typically needed this, but there are times that you might wonder what options are set for a session. You can check in SSMS, look for defaults, etc., but there’s an easy way. SELECT … Continue reading →

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No Default CONTEXT_INFO()

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

I was doing a little testing of Row-Level Security (RLS) for the stairway, and one of the ways that some people implement RLS is with CONTEXT_INFO(). I haven’t every really used CONTEXT_INFO in production, though it’s been around for some … Continue reading →

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Advent of Code 2017 Day 5–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on January 25, 2018 by

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is day 5 of the Advent of Code 2017. If you want to read about the puzzles, start … Continue reading →

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Advent of Code 2017 Day 4–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on January 18, 2018 by

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is day 4 of the Advent of Code 2017. If you want to read about the puzzles, start … Continue reading →

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