GUI Enhancement on Instant File Initialization (IFI) in SQL Server 201
Ability to enable Instant File Initialization during the installation of SQL Server 2016.
2016-05-03
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Articles
Execute Dynamic SQL commands in SQL Server
In some applications having hard coded SQL statements is not appealing, because of the dynamic nature of the queries being issued against the database server. Because of this sometimes there is a need to dynamically create a SQL statement on the fly and then run that command. This can be done quite simply from the application perspective where the statement is built on the fly whether you are using ASP.NET, ColdFusion or any other programming language. But how do you do this from within a SQL Server stored procedure?
2016-05-03
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2016-05-02
83 reads
Forcing SQL Agent Jobs to Fail When Remote Procedures Timeout
Your SQL Agent Jobs may be silently failing when using Linked Servers.
2016-05-02
2,723 reads
Install Cumulative Updates
This week Steve Jones recommends installing Cumulative Updates. If you can test them.
2016-05-02
78 reads
Getting started with Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure SQL Data Warehouse is an obvious first-step towards migrating on-premise organisational data to the cloud. So how do you get started with it? Robert Sheldon provides a simple guide that should provide you with sufficient of the the basics you need to get a SQL Data Warehouse database up and running.
2016-05-02
3,466 reads
Create stunning visualizations with Power View in 20 minutes or less!
Learn about Microsoft’s latest end-user BI reporting tool, Power View, and create animated graphs that impress your boss!
2016-04-29 (first published: 2014-12-30)
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Write for SQLServerCentral - Bonus for Azure
We're always looking for articles, but here are a few ones that I'd like to see written up.
2016-04-29 (first published: 2014-09-04)
1,983 reads
Questions About PowerShell Basics That You Were Too Shy To Ask
Developers who are already familiar with application languages will be baffled by different aspects of PowerShell to the beginner to programming. Laerte recalls his initial struggles with PowerShell and answers those questions he wished he'd found quick answers to.
2016-04-29
4,782 reads
Azure SQL Database Elastic Database Jobs
In this article, Marcin Policht describes the basic functionality and implementation steps for Azure SQL Database's Elastic Database jobs.
2016-04-28
5,096 reads
Blogs
The Mystery of SQL Server 2025’s New Tricks – Scooby Dooing Episode 5
Every Scooby-Doo mystery starts with a haunted house, a strange villain, and a trail...
A Prompt AI Experiment
By Steve Jones
Prompt AI released recently and I decided to try a few things with the...
SQL Server Is Slow (part 1 of 4)
By Kevin3NF
How should you respond when you get the dreaded Email/Slack/Text/DriveBy from someone yelling at...
Forums
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SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
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Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale – Level 2: Page Server Architecture Explained
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Question of the Day
SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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