How to Read the Results of SELECT @@VERSION in SQL Server
The simple query SELECT @@VERSION can quickly tell you quite a bit about a SQL Server installation (and the underlying...
2010-01-07
4,121 reads
Glenn Berry
Early Reviews of New Intel 32nm Desktop and Mobile CPUs
Well, now that the holidays are over and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is nearly upon us, we are starting...
2010-01-04
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Denver SQL Server User’s Group Meeting on January 21
The Denver SQL Server User’s Group will be having their January meeting on Thursday, January 21, 2010. The meeting will...
2010-01-03
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A Small Collection of I/O Specific DMV Queries
It is pretty common for large, busy SQL Server implementations to run into I/O pressure or bottlenecks, especially since many...
2009-12-30
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Windows ReadyBoost in Windows 7
Perhaps you heard of or actually tried Windows ReadyBoost in Windows Vista, and were (like me) disappointed with the results?...
2009-12-29
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Fun With DBCC FREEPROCCACHE
Nearly anytime you see the command DBCC FREEPROCCACHE mentioned in a blog post, magazine article or book, you get some...
2009-12-28
21,280 reads
How To Get a Count of SQL Connections BY IP Address
These queries (which work on both SQL Server 2005 and 2008) are very handy if you want to know who...
2009-12-28
5,156 reads
Should You Get a Netbook Computer?
On Monday, Intel officially announced the next generation Atom processors (aka Pineview) that are part of the new Pine Trail...
2009-12-23
570 reads
Two Tools For Discovering Hardware Information About Your Servers
One thing that I think is very important for a successful DBA to be aware of is their hardware environment. ...
2009-12-21
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Great Resource On SQL Server Wait Types
Microsoft's Bob Ward has updated his blog post about documenting SQL Server wait types, that came out of his work...
2009-12-21
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Blogs
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...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers