Make splitting an amount preserve every cent by checking rounded shares, allocating weighted remainders, and documenting deterministic ties.
Plan Properties Window: Where the Useful Numbers Hide
The execution plan picture only shows the shape. The properties window shows what really happened, and I walk through it on a tiny example.
Does ARITHABORT Setting Negatively Impact SQL Server Performance? – Interview Question of the Week #220
Does the ARITHABORT setting hurt SQL Server performance? Yes, because with ARITHABORT OFF SQL Server can build a very different plan and queries may slow down.
Capturing Successful Logins With an Extended Events Session
A login event is a connection, not a user action. A small session shows how one query can leave three of them behind.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Install Error: A Network-Related or Instance-Specific Error Occurred While Establishing a Connection to SQL Server
A network-related or instance-specific error usually hits applications, but my client saw it during SQL Server installation. Here is how to fix it in that case.
Countdowns in T-SQL: Days, Hours and Minutes Until an Event
A countdown that says 1 day for a one-second gap is counting boundaries, not time. Here is how to build one that tells the truth.
Get-AzureStorageBlob: The Remote Server Returned an Error: (403) Forbidden. HTTP Status Code: 403 – HTTP Error Message: This Request is Not Authorized to Perform This Operation
A runbook cleaning old backup blobs in Azure failed with (403) Forbidden: This request is not authorized to perform this operation. Here is the fix.