Index Operations Showdown: Drop & Create vs. Create With Drop_Existing vs. Rebuild
Every now and then you may have had to move nonclustered indexes between filegroups. There are two ways it can...
2010-09-29
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Kendal Van Dyke
Presenting At Sarasota SQL Server Users Group On Sept. 21
On Tuesday, September 21, I'll be at the Sarasota SQL Server Users Group to present Paging DR Availability, You're Wanted...
2010-09-15
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PASS Summit Logo Design Contest
It appears our success with the SQLRally Logo Design Contest has struck a chord with PASS HQ. This morning Rick...
2010-09-10
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More On Overlapping Statistics
In my last post I provided a script to identify overlapping statistics but realized afterwards that I left out a...
2010-09-09
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Tuning Tip: Identifying Overlapping Statistics
Statistics are used by SQL Server's query optimizer to help determine the most efficient execution plan for a query. When...
2010-09-08
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Replication Gotcha - Including An Article In Multiple Publications
When administering replication topologies it's common to group articles into publications based on roles that subscribers fulfill. Often you'll have...
2010-08-31
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Replication Gotcha: Blank XML
Transactional replication in SQL Server 2005\2008 can handle the XML datatype just fine with few exceptions - one in particular being...
2010-08-24
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Thoughts On The 2010 PASS BoD Elections Candidate List
Yesterday PASS published the list of candidates on the ballot for the 2010 Board of Directors election. Much to my...
2010-08-19
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The PASS SQLRally Logo Winner Is…
With 63% of the total votes our winner is Speedometer! Congratulations to azzam on 99designs and thank you to everyone...
2010-08-10
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Vote For The PASS SQLRally Logo
We received over 100 submissions for our 99designs contest to design the SQLRally logo. The SQLRally planning team, with help...
2010-08-04
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Blogs
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
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