How to Install and Configure Baseline Collector Solution V2
In this article I go through the installation and configuration processes of my Baseline Collector Solution.
2015-11-12
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Articles
Automating Your SQL Server Best Practice Reports: The Document
If you're making a report from table-based data, an MS Word document is often a good option. In the second part of his introduction to SQL Server best-practice monitoring, Laerte Junior shows how to use PowerShell scripts to create a Word-based report with colour-coded alerts where there are problems or best practices aren't being followed.
2015-11-12
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2015-11-11
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SQL Prompt Tips #5 - Current Statement Execution
Learn how a new feature in SQL Prompt 6.4 can help you avoid costly mistakes in coding.
2015-11-11 (first published: 2015-01-12)
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Extended Statistics and Oracle 12c
David Fitzjarrell looks at how and why to use a feature called Automatic Column Group Detection to recognize column dependencies and create extended statistics on recognized groups in Oracle 12.1.0.2.
2015-11-11
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Add Dependencies to a SQL Server Resource in Windows 2003
In this article, see how to add a dependency to a SQL Server Resource in a Windows 2003 cluster.
2015-11-10
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Introduction to PolyBase in SQL Server 2016 - Part 1
One of the features introduced in SQL Server 2016 is PolyBase. The goal of PolyBase is to make interacting with unstructured, semi-structured and non-relational data stored in Hadoop as easy as writing Transact-SQL statements. Edwin Sarmiento explains.
2015-11-10
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How to Add a Drive as a Clustered Physical Disk Resource in Windows
This article is covers how to add a drive as a Clustered Physical Disk Resource in Windows 2003.
2015-11-09
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2015-11-09
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Implementing Continuous Integration for Databases
Continuous integration (CI) is becoming more and more common in application development. It ensures code and related resources are integrated regularly and tested by an automated build system, and highlights problems early in the development process. But what about database development? Can the same advantages of CI be applied to production databases? Where do you start? How do you tackle it? Sjors Takes relates his experience.
2015-11-09
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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