Life is Like a Manure Spreader
Things on the ranch inspire Steve Jones in the rest of his life. He's one you might not have thought about.
2008-11-02
76 reads
Articles
Dead LINQ - Database Weekly (Nov 3, 2008)
Steve Jones comments on a few pieces of interesting SQL Server news this week.
2008-11-01
471 reads
Dead LINQ - Database Weekly (Nov 3, 2008)
Steve Jones comments on a few pieces of interesting SQL Server news this week.
2008-11-01
747 reads
Dead LINQ - Database Weekly (Nov 3, 2008)
Steve Jones comments on a few pieces of interesting SQL Server news this week, including Service Pack 3.
2008-11-01
524 reads
A Halloween Tale
A while back, in a Simple-Talk editorial meeting, someone bet Phil that he couldn't come up with a Halloween story. To our surprise he said he could, as long as he didn't have to keep to the strict literal truth.
2008-10-31
3,002 reads
Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: Flat Maps for a Round Planet
This paper is an introduction to Earth-oriented coordinate systems, projections, models, and mapping. While not specific to any technology, this information provides valuable background for those who will use spatial data in SQL Server.
2008-10-31
2,599 reads
SQL Server 2008: The New Data Types
Brad continues his helicopter-level view of the most important new features of SQL Server 2008 with a look at the new data types, their use and their significance.
2008-10-31
3,819 reads
SSIS Configuration Files - SQL School Video
This edition of SQL Server examines the various options available in Integration Services configuration files.
2008-10-30
5,308 reads
Using the Blocked Process Report in SQL Server 2005/2008
When excessive blocking occurs in SQL, performance degrades. Learn how to use the Blocked Process Report to rapidly resolve excessive blocking scenarios in SQL Server 2005/2008.
2008-10-30
22,450 reads
Constraint Yourself!
In his first article for Simple-Talk, Joe Celko demystifies the use of Constraints, and points out that they are an intrinsic part of SQL and are a great way of ensuring that a business rule is done one way, one place, one time.
2008-10-30
2,846 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Ranch Rules
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Leave a gate behind you the way you first found it. – from Excellent...
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Organizations increasingly want Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric to coexist without duplicating data or fragmenting...
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The Query Optimizer and Page Density
If I have a fillfactor set to 70%, this reduces my page density to roughly 70%. Does this affect the query plans that the optimizer chooses?
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