Labor Day Bloopers
With the Labor Day holiday in the US, Steve Jones takes a break from writing and brings you a compilation of mistakes from the past few months.
2008-08-30
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Articles
One Milly-yon IOPS - Database Weekly (Sept 1, 2008)
IBM is testing a new hardware disk array that vastly outperforms any current arrays. What does this mean for the database world?
2008-08-30
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One Milly-yon IOPS - Database Weekly (Sept 1, 2008)
IBM is testing a new hardware disk array that vastly outperforms any current arrays. What does this mean for the database world?
2008-08-30
243 reads
One Milly-yon IOPS - Database Weekly (Sept 1, 2008)
IBM is testing a new hardware disk array that vastly outperforms any current arrays. What does this mean for the database world?
2008-08-30
484 reads
Importance of the Resource Database
This article describes the importance of the Resource database in SQL Server 2005 & 2008
2008-08-29
3,288 reads
Software Tool Design: Design by Sketching
Developers can get so used to relying on computers for everything that they can forget how useful it can be in the design process to elicit and refine ideas whilst working in groups, using a sketchbook, pencils and crayons. Sometimes we all need a jolt to force us to take a different approach to solving software design problems.
2008-08-29
3,357 reads
Summarizing Data with Aggregate Queries - SQL School Video
Learn how to summarize the values of your data using aggregate functions such as COUNT(), SUM(), and AVG() from MVP Kathi Kellenberger. Grouping and aggregate filters are covered as well.
2008-08-28
4,930 reads
SQL Server 2008 SSIS Cribsheet
SSIS has achieved several new and interesting features in SQL Server 2008. And who better to guide you through them and explain them but Robert Sheldon.
2008-08-28
4,270 reads
Un-Wired
This Friday's poll looks at vacation and how you prepare to be unwired. Steve Jones talks about some of the things you can do.
2008-08-28
52 reads
Un-Wired
This Friday's poll looks at vacation and how you prepare to be unwired. Steve Jones talks about some of the things you can do.
2008-08-28
51 reads
Blogs
sp_snapshot – The easy way to take database snapshots of one or more databases – V3.0
Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, allowing you to easily...
SELECT *
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SQL Server is Slow, part 3 of 4
By Kevin3NF
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we’ve gathered info and done the...
Forums
Extract sql data in psh
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caught off guard by some greek lettering in a warehouse feed
Hi we run 2019 standard. Our warehouse's ssis based etl is klunky but so...
Unlocking High-Concurrency Inserts in SQL Server with OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Unlocking High-Concurrency Inserts in SQL...
Question of the Day
Vector Datatype
The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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