Have you ever heard this question? The database refresh has gone from 10-15 minutes to 1.5 hours. Nothing has changed on the application server and the consultant said ask the DBAs to check the database server. Where do you start to find the problem? Check out this tip to learn more.
2013-06-04
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How to get an SSRS user's AD group membership in order to filter report content
2013-06-03
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Despite all the advances in software tools, there seem to be several enduring truths about software development. By understaning these 'laws', Ziv’s law, Humphrey’s Law and Conway’s Law for example, you can remove some of the mystery of the process. Al Noel discusses these and other laws that seem to apply generally to the art of programming.
2013-06-03
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Join us for a free day of SQL Server Training on June 8, 2013. There's also a Friday Preconference Training Day with Jonathan Kehayias and Joseph Sack.
2013-06-03
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Learn how to load data in an XML file into a table in SQL Server.
2013-05-31 (first published: 2011-01-03)
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Any queries run against SQL Server or Oracle databases are recorded, along with how many times those queries were run and how long they took. That information is shown alongside your .NET code, so you can quickly see why the code you wrote resulted in those queries being executed. This can be particularly powerful if you’re using ORMs like Entity Framework to access data, which tend to be an impenetrable black box where performance issues can arise, but where it’s difficult to understand why.
2013-05-31
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We're looking for scripts that you use in your daily job to find, fix, and solve issues in your environment.
2013-05-30
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Your production SQL Server transactional replication just failed and the business impact is critical. How do you get replication restored in minutes?
2013-05-30
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In this tip Aaron Bertrand describes some of the ways in which you can extend the DDL trigger functionality.
2013-05-30
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The Microsoft Connect system allows many of us to submit feedback, but is Microsoft doing anything with it? Join us and place your vote on some items and try to influence Microsoft.
2013-05-29
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In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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