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What does “SET NOCOUNT ON” do in SQL Server? Explained!

Posted on May 23, 2022August 17, 2023 by Josh D
What does “SET NOCOUNT ON” do in SQL Server? Explained!

Reading Time: 5 minutesMaybe you’ve been working with SQL Server for a while and have seen “SET NOCOUNT ON” here and there, but you aren’t really sure what it does. It’s usually seen within stored procedures, but it can be used anywhere. In this very brief tutorial, we’ll discuss what the SET NOCOUNT Continue Reading

Posted In SQL Questions, Stored Procedures, The Basics

How to find foreign key references in SQL Server: Just run this one query!

Posted on May 23, 2022June 30, 2023 by Josh D
How to find foreign key references in SQL Server: Just run this one query!

Reading Time: 4 minutesSQL Server foreign key constraints are one of the most useful tools available to us for maintaining the integrity of our data. If you want to find all the foreign key references in your database, there is a very simple query you can run. Just query the sys.foreign_keys and sys.foreign_key_columns Continue Reading

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