Bad Stored Procedures
Stored procedures can be poorly written, but Steve prefers them over embedded code.
Stored procedures can be poorly written, but Steve prefers them over embedded code.
Calculating elapsed time between time values can be an interesting problem that is easily solved even when data anomalies are present.
In this article, we walk through how to set up a simple Excel interface to work with SQL Server data to insert, update, delete, and select data.
Steve has a few thoughts on the tradeoff between getting work done quickly and producing well performing code.
This continues my series on auditing SQL Server. The fist parts covered discovery and documentation, server level hardware audits and SQL Server engine level audits. This section examines database configuration audits.
Get ready to meet Microsoft's experts on-site in the exhibit hall and in multiple educational sessions (including a pre-con, keynote and learning pathway). Watch a sneak peek of Microsoft's learning pathway 'Becoming an Azure SQL DBA – Advancing the Role of the On-Premises SQL Server DBA'
Adding a new shared disk to Windows Server failover Cluster is not a complex process but special care must be taken when you want to use the new disk for any existing SQL Instance. In this article, we will show you all the required steps to add the disk to WSFC and then to properly assign it to an existing SQL role in the WSFC.
Learn how to create a backup of an AWS RDS for SQL Server database and download the backup file to use on another SQL Server instance.
Connect, share and learn with the global data community in Seattle this November. Whether you're a DBA, Developer, Architect, Engineer or you're just getting started in your data career, there's a huge range of content for you to choose from (over 150 sessions and counting across 5 different tracks). Speakers this year include Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Ryan Booz, Bob Ward, Deepthi Goguri and Jennifer Stirrup. Check out the full program and register before September 18 to secure your ticket at the standard price.
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I am not understanding why this command completes "successfully" and it seems correct to...
get-ChildItem C:\ -recurse -erroraction silentlycontinue | sort length -descending | select -first 10 FullName,length...
Which of these indexes is superseded by another?
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