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Escaping a single quote in SQL Server: 'Villeneuve-d''Ascq' with the doubled quote in red

SQL SERVER – How to Escape Single Quotes – Fix: Error: 105 Unclosed quotation mark after the character string

February 17, 2008
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String

Jr. Developer asked me other day how to escape single quote?
User can escape single quote using two single quotes (NOT double quote).

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SQL SERVER - Msg: 2593 : There are ROWCOUNT rows in PAGECOUNT pages for object 'OBJECT'.

SQL SERVER – Msg: 2593 : There are ROWCOUNT rows in PAGECOUNT pages for object ‘OBJECT’.

February 16, 2008
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

DBCC shows Msg 2593: There are ROWCOUNT rows in PAGECOUNT pages for object. It is harmless and for information only. Here is what it means.

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Gouache painting: on a calm river, three rows of flat stepping stones cross from the near bank to the same vermilion post on the far bank

LOG With a Base: Make the Calculation Explicit

February 15, 2008
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Datatype, SQL Function, SQL Scripts

LOG with a base makes logarithm meaning explicit. Compare base two, base ten and the natural default using typed, positive inputs.

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Performance counter dialog.

SQL SERVER – Introduction to Performance Monitor – How to Use Perfmon

February 14, 2008
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Utility

How to use Perfmon: three ways to start Performance Monitor, how to add counters, and how to log them over time so you can compare later.

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SQL SERVER - Introduction to Three Important Performance Counters

SQL SERVER – Introduction to Three Important Performance Counters

February 13, 2008
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Utility

Three basic but very important Performance Counters: % Processor Time, Avg. Disk Queue Length and Disk Read and Write Bytes/sec, and what their values mean.

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SQL Server Management Studio Query Window.

SQL SERVER – Get Current Database Name

February 12, 2008
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts

Need the current database name in a script? SELECT DB_NAME() returns the name of the database you are running the query in. It is a one line answer.

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SQL SERVER - 2005 - Find Unused Indexes of Current Database

SQL SERVER – 2005 – Find Unused Indexes of Current Database

February 11, 2008
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Index, SQL Scripts

A simple but accurate SQL Server 2005 script to find unused indexes in the current database, since unused indexes slow down INSERT and UPDATE statements.

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