SQL Saturday # 103 in Curacao a Success
On 25th of February 2012, Curacao hosted its first SQL Saturday event. The event was held at the University of...
2012-03-01
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Blog Posts
sql server scripts and managing databases
Managing a large SQL Server inventory requires an efficient management processes.
Following on from DBA productivity and less is more , this...
2012-03-01
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A Script A Day - Day 25 - Performance Counters
Today’s script is based on performance counters and in particular the sys.dm_performance_counters DMV. There are many ways in which to...
2012-02-29
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A Script A Day - Day 26 - RESTART a Database Restore
Today’s script is another one based on database restores. There is a little known clause of the RESTORE DATABASE command...
2012-02-29
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A Script A Day - Day 27 - Missing Database Backups
Today’s script is one I have used many times in the past to check for missing backups. The script will...
2012-02-29
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AdventureWorks in SQL Server 2012 RC0
The sample databases for SQL Server 2012 haven’t been completely finalized, but I was able to find the latest version...
2012-02-29
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Azure is Down
I saw a note about an outage on Windows Azure, apparently one that’s been going on for seven hours. Once...
2012-02-29
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Download free eBook for SQL Server 2012
Microsoft has released one more free eBook, this time it is on SQL Server 2012. However, this is the second...
2012-02-29
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MERGE with OUTPUT clause
A few days back I was presented with a theoretical challenge, and now I thought I would share my solution...
2012-02-29 (first published: 2012-02-21)
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PASS SQLRally Dallas 2012 Pre-Con: How to Perform a SQL Server Health Check
If you are attending the PASS SQLRally this May in Dallas, I will be presenting a one day preconference session...
2012-02-29
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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