SQLMidlands & SQLLunch
Many thanks to all those that turned out to see my presentation on Thursday (16th of Feb) of “Cursors are...
2012-02-18
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Dave Ballantynes blog
[BUG] Inserts to tables with an index view can fail
Unfortunately some of the more troubling bugs can be very hard to reproduce succinctly. Here is one that has been...
2012-01-06
1,360 reads
Book review - SQL Server Secret Diary (Know the unknown secrets of SQL Server)
Like a lot of people within the SQL community, I can never read enough on the subject. Books, whitepapers, academic...
2011-12-31
2,303 reads
Extended Events - inaccurate_cardinality_estimate
Extended events have been a bit of a personal “Elephant in the room” for me. I know they are there...
2011-12-06
2,671 reads
MythBusting–“Table variables have no statistics”
Ok, as myths go, its a pretty weak one. In fact, it is true, this whitepaper explicitly states that. But...
2011-12-02
3,074 reads
Execution plan warnings–The final chapter
In my previous posts (here and here), I showed examples of some of the execution plan warnings that have been...
2011-11-29
1,841 reads
Blogging from 37,000ft
Im currently on my way to Sql Rally nordic and looking forward to a few days of full on SQL...
2011-11-06
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Execution plan warnings–All that glitters is not gold
In a previous post, I showed you the new execution plan warnings related to implicit and explicit warnings. Pretty much...
2011-11-06
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More Denali Execution Plan Warning Goodies
In my last blog, I showed how the execution plan in denali has been enhanced by 2 new warnings ,conversion...
2011-10-19
779 reads
Implicit Conversions warning
After adding an index, ensuring that an index is actually used is probably the biggest win you will get in...
2011-10-17
1,211 reads
Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
Anyone (everyone?) who has ever tried to learn a programming language knows that to...
Forums
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...