Capture Index Usage Statistics for Better Analysis
Starting with SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced Dynamic Management Views to help DBAs see what's going inside of SQL Server....
2012-10-23
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Everyday SQL
Which SQL Instance is Killing Your CPU?
You have 5 instances running. How do you know which one is killing your CPU?
As you can see from Windows...
2012-10-16
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Grant Execute Permission on All Stored Procedures
Right out of the box, SQL Server makes it pretty easy to grant SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE to all...
2012-10-10
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How to Make SQL Server Listen on Multiple Ports
Have you ever needed an instance of SQL Server to listen on multiple TCP/IP port numbers but didn't know how...
2012-10-05
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Use Powershell to Manage Idera SQL Diagnostic Manager
Idera SQL Diagnostic Manager (or as I call it "SQLdm") is a great monitoring and performance tuning tool that I...
2012-09-28
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Welcome to Everday SQL
My name is Patrick Keisler and I have been a Microsoft SQL Server DBA for over 12 years. During that...
2012-09-22
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Blogs
BK’s Bookshelf: Never Split the Difference
By Brian Kelley
I picked up Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On...
Replacing Images in PBIR Format Reports
With the PBIR format of Power BI reports, it’s much easier to make report...
Capturing Ideas for Blogs
By Steve Jones
As we close out the year, I decided to drop this post here and...
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Using a RETURN
How does this capture multiple values from a cursor, and put them into an...
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