The Cluster Remote Access rule failed while I installed a SQL Server failover clustered instance. Detail.txt showed setup could not reach a remote node. I checked the usual causes, then skipped the rule from the command line, and the install finished.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Number Data Type from Oracle Linked Sever Shown in Scientific Notation
A client saw numbers from an Oracle linked server shown in scientific notation in SQL Server. Here is the query that shows the issue and how to fix it.
How to Get Top N Records Per Group? – Ranking Function – Interview Question of the Week #156
I gave 40 candidates this puzzle: get the top N records per group from a student marks table. Here is the simple answer using a Ranking Function.
SQL SERVER – What Does SET NOEXEC Do?
What does SET NOEXEC do? With SET NOEXEC ON, SQL Server compiles your query but does not run it. Here is how the compile and execute phases work.
Change Column From NULL to NOT NULL in SQL Server
To change a column from NULL to NOT NULL, first fill every NULL value, then run ALTER COLUMN with the full data type and NOT NULL. This post shows the Msg 515 error you get otherwise, how to choose the replacement value, and the trap that makes a column nullable again. It ends with a default constraint that keeps new rows valid.
The sp_ Prefix: Finding Stored Procedures Named the Risky Way
Find user procedures with the sp_ prefix across databases, understand the lookup risk, and move callers through a synonym safely.
SQL SERVER – 2017 – How to Remove Leading and Trailing Spaces with TRIM Function?
TRIM finally arrived in SQL Server 2017. Here is how to remove leading and trailing spaces with the new TRIM function, in a few simple words.