SQL Saturday #189 - Costa Rica
Join us at SQL Saturday Costa Rica on April 13, 2013 for a day of SQL Server Training and Networking.
2013-04-08
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Articles
SQL Server JOIN Hints
You, as a SQL Server data professional, are looking for ways to improve your queries. You've done the usual - avoided cursors and loops, used locks effectively, examined execution plans - what else can you tweak? Check out this tip to learn more.
2013-04-08
6,542 reads
Insensitivity: A Good Technique?
This article explores the place of emotion among knowledge workers doing team-based design activities.
2013-04-05
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Generating Sequence Numbers Using the Sequence Object
The new SQL Server 2012 Sequence Object can be used to generate unique numbers that can be automatically incremented based on an increment value. Greg Larsen discusses the different features of the sequence object and how you can use it to generate sequence numbers.
2013-04-05
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New Custom Metric: Long Running Job
SQL Monitor’s Job duration unusual alert is a powerful tool for keeping track of most jobs in your SQL Server environment. It works by comparing the running time of any job instance against the median for that job, and identifying when a variation in the job duration could hint at a performance problem. However, if your environment contains big jobs whose durations vary by several orders of magnitudes, it can be tricky to specify what kind of variation is expected and what would be unusual. For these cases, it is possible to go beyond the functionality of the built-in alert with a custom metric.
2013-04-05
2,857 reads
Error logging with Bulk Insert
Bulk Insert statement has an important feature of error logging which is rarely used.
2013-04-04
7,933 reads
SQL Saturday #211 - Chicago
SQL Saturday is coming to Chicago, IL on April 13, 2013. Join us for a day of free SQL Server training and networking.
2013-04-04
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SQL Server 2012 Window Function Basics
For some time, Microsoft had a few window functions, but not the full set specified in the SQL 2003 standard. Now, in SQL Server 2012 we have the whole range, and extremely useful they are too. There's no longer an excuse to avoid them, particularly now you have Rob Sheldon's gentle introduction.
2013-04-04
5,033 reads
A Hazard of Using the SQL Merge Statement
The SQL MERGE statement can make your DML querying more efficient but you need to take care or you may get burned
2013-04-03
24,510 reads
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2013-04-03 (first published: 2013-03-14)
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