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2015-05-12 (first published: 2015-05-05)
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In this tip, Tim Smith demonstrates how to measure a behavioral streak with SQL Server, an important skill for determining ROI and extrapolating trends.
2015-05-12
7,471 reads
Redgate and Ike Ellis are hosting a database source control workshop in Philadelphia PA, on June 4, 2015. Learn all you need to put your development databases in source control, using the version control system of your choice. Register while space is available.
2015-05-11
6,266 reads
R an SQL Server are a match made in heaven. You don't need anything special to get started beyond the basic instructions. Once you have jumped the hurdle of reliably and quickly transferring data between R and SQL Server you are ready to discover the power of a relational database when when combined with statistical computing and graphics.
2015-05-11
9,421 reads
2015-05-08 (first published: 2013-06-25)
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This article explains how to expose SignalR feature through an ASP.NET Web API, which helps applications that can use REST service and to broadcast a real time message to their clients.
2015-05-08
8,332 reads
Alan Cooper helped to debug the most widely-used PC language of the late seventies and early eighties, BASIC-E, and, with Keith Parsons, developed C-BASIC. He then went on to create Tripod, which morphed eventually into Visual Basic in 1991. Alan remains enthusiastic and interested in development with strong views on Agile and Pair Programming.
2015-05-07
10,006 reads
Dallas Snider explains how to use T-SQL to generate a random password that meets an organization's password requirements.
2015-05-06
8,369 reads
This metric collects the number of 8-kilobyte pages that make up the plan cache to help identify memory pressure or plan cache pollution. A sudden drop in values for this metric may indicate that the instance is under memory pressure and SQL Server had to reclaim part of the plan cache for other use.
2015-05-06
7,382 reads
This article explains how default trace can be used for auditing purposes when combined with PowerShell scripts
2015-05-05
4,414 reads
By Steve Jones
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In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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