Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Administration
Hello Dear Reader! Last September I was approached with a tremendous opportunity to become the Managing Author for the Professional...
2014-09-12
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SQLBalls
24 Hours of PASS Preview: Zero to Hero (I'm the Zero)
Hello Dear Reader! We are already away into the 24 Hours of PASS Summit Preview for 2014! I don't know...
2014-09-09
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Why You Should Go to SQL Saturday
SQL Sat Puerto RicoHello Dear Reader! Soon SQL Saturday #318 in Orlando FL will be here. The SQL Community does...
2014-09-04
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Deck & Demo's Live & Thank You AZSSUG & OPASS!
Hello Dear Reader! Just a quick post to say Thank You to the Arizona SQL Server User Group and to...
2014-06-27
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It's not Business, It's Personal
Hello Dear Reader. I find myself at this late hour unable to sleep. Yesterday the slate of speakers for the...
2014-06-26
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Introducing What_To_Compress V2
Hello Dear Reader! I'm about 32,000 feet in the air leaving St. Louis after a great Performance Tuning Workshop for...
2014-05-29 (first published: 2014-05-22)
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Decks & Demos Live
Hello Dear Reader! Just a quick update. I've been traveling a lot and I'm behind in posting some Decks & Demos....
2014-04-30
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Up Coming Speaking Events
Hello Dear Reader! We are 2 months into 2014 and the New Year is off to a busy start. This...
2014-02-21
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Windows 2012 for the SQL DBA: .NET 3.5 Fails to Install
Hello Dear Reader! I know it has been a while since last we spoke. Sorry for the long absence. I've...
2014-02-19
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Tales from the Query Processor: II
Hello Dear Reader! Today is Halloween, October 31st. My Daughter turns a big 15 today! Happy Birthday Ches!!!!!
To celebrate two...
2013-10-31
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Blogs
How to find free space in Azure PosgreSQL
I wanted to figure out how big (or approximately how big) my dump file...
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
Compare rows within the same table
I have a table. Structure in script below. I have to compare and see...
Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?
I have an application team that is insisting on daily (and for some, weekly)...
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers