Reference Post https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7c04a296-3c26-4a43-ae63-bc90139f4ab3/error-converting-data-type-nvarchar-to-int?forum=sqlgetstarted I was browsing through the forums and found this question being asked. While the reason for the error is fairly obvious I felt it needed […]
administration / Database / Errors / TSQL
Finding candidate keys/Primary keys from data that needs to be imported
This is a continuation from the previous post where we went and inserted data from multiple CSV files into SQL server tables using linked server connection. Often the […]
SQL 2019:- Truncation Error message and where it fails
I was wondering if I should even bother checking this feature out since it was pretty obvious what it does and how useful it is. I can’t even […]
SQL 2019:- Table Variable deferred compilation – PART 2
In the last post we ended with two questions remaining unanswered. Shouldn’t a more accurate row count have resulted in the correct amount of memory being granted and […]
SQL 2019:- Table Variable deferred compilation
One of the features being released in SQL 2019 that has got some attention is table variable deferred compilation. As its name suggests it applies to Table Variables […]
Working with Filetable to upload documents into SQL Server
A simple script on how to setup and work with file tables in MS SQL Server. This basically does the bare minimum to setup and create filetables in […]
SQL 2019:- APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT
A function that might prove useful when querying very large datasets, it provides a count of distinct values for any column in the database except text,ntext , image […]
administration / Errors / TSQL
To accomplish this action, set property PartitionScheme
SSMS 18.X error when creating NonClustered index This seems to be a bug in SSMS as the index can be created using TSQL just fine here is the […]
administration / MSSQL / TSQL
The use of table valued parameters and its performance impact – analysis
I read a very informative post today on Linkedin about how developers sometime don’t understand the impact of using table valued parameters in a stored procedure. A table […]
Adding a Quintillion
An interesting problem was asked on #Sqlhelp recently about adding very large numbers, in excess of 20 digits in SSAS tabular model. While most of us will find […]