Deploying Databases to the Azure Cloud: an extended plea
Is there a sound technical reason why SQL Azure can't support extended properties?
2013-02-25
146 reads
Tony Davis
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Are Triggers a "Legacy" Feature?
It is late evening. Something is wrong with a database. You narrow down the possibilities, getting more frustrated and puzzled. Stay calm. Check the inputs systematically. No! The data going into that table is right, but when you then read it in the table, it's wrong. Why did I stop believing in the supernatural? Then it hits you. Every time it comes as a surprise. They're using triggers. (This editorial was originally published on Nov 10, 2008)
2013-02-19 (first published: 2008-11-10)
613 reads
DBA Hypochondria
It is easy to become overwhelmed by server symptoms (aka metrics), in the forlorn hope that the more we collect, the clearer a picture we'll assemble of what ails the server. We should, of course, be looking at the whole patient.
2013-02-04
127 reads
Password Insecurities
Tony Davis argues that the Standards and best practices exist to avoid being hacked, but implementing them requires time and investment and often there simply doesn't seem to be the will to do it.
2012-11-26
96 reads
Fragmentation Fear
Index fragmentation can certainly cause performance problems, but should it really dictate the way we design our clustered indexes?
2012-10-01
368 reads
Replace existing Database? JFDI!
Tony Davis argues that the WITH REPLACE option of the RESTORE DATABASE command is a case where the naming of the option masks its true "JFDI" nature…
2012-04-02
135 reads
Data Compression Double Take
A lot has been written about the potential performance benefits of SQL Server data compression; but hard performance data? Not so much.
2012-03-05
266,054 reads
Data Compression Double Take
A lot has been written about the potential performance benefits of SQL Server data compression; but hard performance data? Not so much.
2012-03-01
322 reads
Gold in the Execution Plan hills
There's more information hidden behind those graphical plans than you might first suspect.
2011-10-31
215 reads
Where are all the MVBs?
Whereas there are plenty of experts prepared to help with the technology, few seem to come forward when the struggle is against the bureaucracy rather than a recalcitrant server. Where are all the SQL MVBs (Masters at Vanquishing Bureaucracy) when you need them!?
2011-09-26
127 reads
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More Funny SELECTs
What does this code return?
SELECT
( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE
soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2011'
AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2012') AS OrdersIn2000
, ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE
soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2012'
AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2013') AS OrdersIn2001
, ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE
soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2013'
AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2014') AS OrdersIn2002;
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