Problem Table contains two or three columns that should be output as a single column over two or three rows. Such as [Telephone1], [Telephone2], … columns in a table. Use Table Values constructor in CROSS APPLY clause Use the table … Continue reading →
What is the most efficient, least intrusive, way of getting table row counts (say, for keeping periodic statistics)? Select(*) is accurate. Using index statistics is instant but the statistics could be out of date. dm_db_index_physical_stats Dynamic management view. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188917.aspx … Continue reading →
For ease of maintenance all object permissions should be granted to SQL Server roles and users simply made members of one role or another. If you’re using SSDT, roles assigned to users don’t work at all well. I find it … Continue reading →
This is the error handler created E. Sommarskog, with some slight alterations by me. See http://www.sommarskog.se/error-handling-I.html. ERROR_HandleCaughtError stored procedure This is ES’s error handler in a form that suits me: I usually want to add some additional information to aid … Continue reading →
I have twice now been wrong-footed by this SQL Server error message: “Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0” Hresult: 0x80040E07 Description: “Conversion failed when converting the varchar value ‘abcd123’ to data type int.”. The statement causing this distress was: ISNULL(View1.long_name, View1.short_name) AS output_column … Continue reading →