SQL Server Database Coding Standards and Guidelines – Part 2
SQL SERVER – Database Coding Standards and Guidelines – Part 1
SQL Server Database Coding Standards and Guidelines – Part 1
SQL SERVER – Database Coding Standards and Guidelines – Introduction
I have received many many request to do another series since my series SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download. I have created small series of Coding Standards and Guidelines, as this is the second most request I have received from readers. This document can be extremely long but I have limited to very few pages as it is difficult to follow thousands of the rules. My experience says it is more productive developer and better code if coding standard has important fewer rules than lots of micro rules.
SQL SERVER – 2005 Explanation and Example – SELF JOIN
A self-join is simply a normal SQL join that joins one table to itself. This is accomplished by using table name aliases to give each instance of the table a separate name. Joining a table to itself can be useful when you want to compare values in a column to…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – 2005 Constraint on VARCHAR(MAX) Field To Limit It Certain Length
One of the Jr. DBA at in my Team Member asked me question the other day when he was replacing TEXT field with VARCHAR(MAX) : How can I limit the VARCHAR(MAX) field with maximum length of 12500 characters only. His Question was valid as our application was allowing 12500 characters.…
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SQL SERVER – Retrieve Information of SQL Server Agent Jobs
sp_help_job returns information about jobs that are used by SQL Server Agent service to perform automated activities in SQL Server. When executed sp_help_job procedure with no parameters to return the information for all of the jobs currently defined in the msdb database.
SQL SERVER – Trace Flags – DBCC TRACEON
Trace flags are valuable tools as they allow DBA to enable or disable a database function temporarily. Once a trace flag is turned on, it remains on until either manually turned off or SQL Server restarted. Only users in the sysadmin fixed server role can turn on trace flags. If…
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