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SQL SERVER – Get Column Names

February 25, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Column, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

I Get Column names using a schema-qualified table and a defined column order. The four methods use corrected filters.

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Normalisation in Plain Words, and When to Stop

February 24, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, Database, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Understand normalisation through one order example, then decide when a reporting copy is worth the cost of keeping duplicated data consistent.

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SQL SERVER – Fix: There is already an object named ‘MyFirstTable’ in the database

February 23, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Primary Key, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Recently I had a very interesting scenario with a client when they faced an error about already object named that exist in the database.

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AT TIME ZONE Twice: Convert UTC to Local Time in SQL Server

February 22, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL DateTime, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

AT TIME ZONE twice converts UTC to local time in SQL Server. The first use labels a plain value as UTC and the second converts it. A demo shows the common one step mistake, stores in three cities, and the missing and repeated hours of daylight saving.

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Multiple Backup Copies Stripped – SQL in Sixty Seconds #156

February 19, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup and Restore, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Yesterday I blogged about SQL SERVER – Creating Multiple Backup Copies. I got an amazing response to the blog post. Let us learn it today.

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SQL SERVER – Creating Multiple Backup Files – Stripped

February 18, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Multiple Backup Files can form one striped backup set. A customer wanted several files for a single database backup.

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SQL SERVER – Availability Groups Can Propagate Database Compatibility Level

February 17, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
AlwaysOn, Compatibility Level, SQL High Availability, SQL Mirroring, SQL Server

Propagation of Compatibility Level needs verification on the actual availability-group topology. I compare each replica through its own connection.

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