Skip the audit table with a column for every field. One JSON payload per changed row is lighter, if you handle NULL and multirow updates correctly.
Checking Certificates That Expire Soon in Every Database
Nobody remembers who created that certificate. Here is a short loop that lists every certificate expiring soon, and what to ask about each one.
Window Functions Over GROUP BY Results: SUM of SUM Explained
Why does SUM(SUM(Amount)) OVER () work? Because the window runs after GROUP BY. A short demo with shares, ranks and a filter trap.
Walking Foreign Key Chains to Find a Safe Delete Order
Map foreign key chains from a parent table with a recursive catalog query, then list deepest children first and flag cascade rules.
SQL SERVER – Function to Round Up Time to Nearest Minute Interval
A small T-SQL function that rounds a datetime up or down to the nearest minute interval you pass in, with the code and how to call it.
Identity Overflow Check: How Close Is Each INT Column to 2,147,483,647
A table with few rows can still be one insert away from error 8115. Here is a check that shows the real headroom of every INT identity column.
Finding the Error Log Folder and Other Paths From T-SQL
Pasted a server path into File Explorer and found nothing? The folder is on the server, not your laptop. Here are the queries that tell you where.