How do you stop people from using SELECT * in views? A slow query in a Health Check came from SELECT * over a wide view, so here is one way to prevent it.
How to Escape a Single Quote in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #192
How do you escape a single quote in SQL Server? A college student asked me at a Bangalore user group, a few people laughed, and here is the simple answer.
Where is the Default Settings for Backup Compression? – Interview Question of the Week #191
Where are the default settings for backup compression? The Back Up dialog shows three options. Here is where the server default lives and how to set it.
Which is Optimal – TOP 0 OR WHERE 1 = 2? – Interview Question of the Week #190
Which is optimal, TOP 0 or WHERE 1 = 2? Many interview answers get this wrong, but they are both the same, and STATISTICS IO shows why.
How to Move SQL Server MDF and LDF Files? – Interview Question of the Week #189
How do you move SQL Server MDF and LDF files? Detach and attach is the old way, so here is the step-by-step method I use for my clients today.
What Part of the SQLDump Suggest Database Corruption? – Interview Question of the Week #188
What part of the SQLDump suggest database corruption? A reader asked, and I show the DbccResults tag in the SQLDump text file that confirms it.
Which is Faster – INSERT INTO SELECT or SELECT INTO? – Interview Question of the Week #187
Which is faster, INSERT INTO SELECT or SELECT INTO? A client moving large data between tables asked me, and here is what we found when we tested both.