What I Want For My Birthday
Dell has teased us with some images of their upcoming 12th Generation servers (that will support the Intel Sandy Bridge-EP...
2012-02-29
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Glenn Berry
SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 Diagnostic Queries for March 2012
Since it is nearly March, I will go ahead and jump the gun by a few days and post an...
2012-02-28
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New Cumulative Updates For SQL Server 2008 R2
On Feb 22, 2012, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 5, which is Build 10.50.2806. This CU...
2012-02-24
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Behemoth of the Server Room?
Back during the PASS 2011 Summit in Seattle, I was interviewed by Tony Davis, Andrew Clark, and Rodney Landrum about...
2012-02-10
858 reads
Building or Buying a Desktop Based Development and Test Database Server
Back in April of 2011, I wrote a post that compared the merits of using an ancient, but actual rack...
2012-02-06
1,395 reads
AMD 2012-2013 Server Roadmap
AMD had their 2012 Financial Analyst Day today, which is basically a dog and pony show for stock analysts.
Previously,...
2012-02-03
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January 2012 SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries
Since Microsoft recently released a couple of new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008, I thought it was finally time...
2012-01-23
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Database Mirroring From SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU3
I recently ran into a production instance of SQL Server 2005 SP2 (Build 3042) that is running in a two...
2012-01-12
2,643 reads
Scaling SQL Server Presentation from SQLSaturday #104 Precon
On Friday, January 6, 2012, I got the opportunity to present an expanded version of my “Scaling SQL Server” presentation...
2012-01-12
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New TPC-E Benchmark for HP DL385 G7
Somewhat unnoticed during the holiday season, HP has submitted a new TPC-E benchmark for the DL385 G7 two socket database...
2012-01-04
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Blogs
Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle
By Steve Jones
The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...
A New Word: Mornden
By Steve Jones
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
This Black Week, don't just get a discount—get ahead! Whether you're a total newbie...
Forums
Blob Storage automated downloads
Dipping my toes into the waters of Azure and of course before I get...
Announcing SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers