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SQL SERVER – Quick Note on CROSS APPLY
Yesterday I wrote article about SQL SERVER – 2005 – Last Ran Query – Recently Ran Query. I had used CROSS APPLY in the query. I got email from one reader asking what is CROSS APPLY. In simpler words, cross apply is like inner join to table valued function which can take parameters. This particular operation is not possible to do using regular JOIN syntax You can see example of CROSS APPLY in my article here.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – Last Ran Query – Recently Ran Query
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SQL SERVER – Fix : Error 15281 SQL Server blocked access to STATEMENT OpenRowset/OpenDatasource of
Error 15281
Msg 15281, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
SQL Server blocked access to STATEMENT ‘OpenRowset/OpenDatasource’ of component ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries’ because this component is turned off as part of the security configuration for this server. A system administrator can enable the use of ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries’ by using sp_configure. For more information about enabling ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries’, see “Surface Area Configuration” in SQL Server Books Online.
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