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SQL Tips – 5 SQL Server Best Practices
5 SQL Server Best Practices worth a quick check, starting with backing up the master database and testing it, and rebuilding indexes online to cut downtime.
SQL SERVER – Check Advanced Server Configuration
How do you Check Advanced Server Configuration values? Turn on show advanced options with sp_configure, run RECONFIGURE, then run sp_configure to list them.
SQLAuthority News – 2 Sessions at TechInsight 2010 – June 29 – July 1, 2010
I presented two sessions at TechInsight 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from June 29 to July 1, 2010. The best part of the trip was the people and their response.
SQL SERVER – Computed Column – PERSISTED and Storage
How a computed column is created and why PERSISTED and storage go together: persisted columns take more space. Plus links to the whole series.
SQL SERVER – FIX: ERROR: 8170 Insufficient result space to convert uniqueidentifier value to char
Error 8170 says there is insufficient result space to convert a uniqueidentifier value to char. The simple fix is to give the VARCHAR its full 36 characters.
Inclusive End Dates: Why BETWEEN Misses the Last Day
Inclusive end dates describe whole calendar days, while BETWEEN compares the exact supplied endpoints. A date endpoint becomes midnight when compared with timestamp rows. A guarded disposable fixture makes the boundary conditions explicit.
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