Disabling Indexes - SQL School Video
There are times that you do not want indexes to be updated and used. Brian Knight shows how you can accomplish this with a new SQL School video.
2009-01-13
3,259 reads
Andy Warren
Moving TempDB - SQL School Video
Moving databases is fairly simple, but when you move a system database, there are a few extra steps to follow. MVP Brian Knight walks us through how to move temdb in this video.
2008-12-30
4,729 reads
Creating One-Time Jobs - SQL School Video
SQL Agent is one of the handiest subsystems in SQL Server. This video shows how you can schedule a one-time job to handle something without you being there.
2008-12-23
3,878 reads
Bypassing a Trigger - SQL School Video
Triggers are supposed to fire for every update, but in this video we see how you can bypass a trigger for an update.
2008-12-16
4,386 reads
Creating Mirrored Backups - SQL School Video
In this SQL School video, Andy Warren examines one of the new features in SQL Server 2005: mirrored backups.
2008-12-02
4,249 reads
Profiler - Logging Results to a Table
Profiler is a fantastic tool for SQL Server DBAs to enable them to examine how batches and code is submitted to the server. Expert SQL Server trainer, Andy Warren, brings us a new article that exaamines how you can log that data in another SQL Server table for later analysis.
2008-09-25
4,121 reads
Blog: Cross Functional Teams & Cross Training
Cross functional teams sounds a lot like a buzzword, and maybe it is to a degree - but still worth talking about and I have a short story to support it.
2008-09-22
2,211 reads
Union
One of the less used commands in T-SQL, the UNION command can come in very handy in a number of situations. SQL Server expert trainer, Andy Warren, discusses how you can use UNION.
2008-09-10
10,663 reads
Renaming a Database
Expert trainer and longtime DBA, Andy Warren, tackles the rather simple, but often understood, process of renaming a database. Learn about some of the issues you might encounter when trying to complete this task.
2008-09-02
9,664 reads
Creating Databases
SQL Server makes it very easy for anyone to create a database. However it's worth spending a few minutes thinking about how you plan a database and SQL Server trainer Andy Warren brings us some thoughts on the subject.
2008-08-27
8,225 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Mornden
By Steve Jones
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
This Black Week, don't just get a discount—get ahead! Whether you're a total newbie...
How to find free space in Azure PosgreSQL
I wanted to figure out how big (or approximately how big) my dump file...
Forums
Announcing SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Announcing SQL Server 2025
Running Steve's Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Running Steve's Code
New SQL Server 2022 Functions
Comments posted to this topic are about the item New SQL Server 2022 Functions
Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers