SQL Saturday #177 - Silicon Valley
The Bay area gets another SQL Saturday this weekend, on Feb 23, 2013. Come have a free day of SQL Server training.
2013-02-18
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Articles
SQL Saturday #177 - Silicon Valley
Don’t miss the Bay Area’s largest SQL Server event of the year! You can choose from sessions on SQL Server 2012, DBA, Development, Business Intelligence, and Big Data.
2013-02-15
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MDX Guide for SQL Folks: Part III - Advanced Analysis
Learn everything about MDX drawing only on your T-SQL knowledge in this series. Frank Banin continues talking about Calculated Members, Named Sets, and more in part III.
2013-02-14
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If you are using indexed views and MERGE, please read this!
Here is some information about an important MERGE “wrong results” bug, involving indexed views, that could be affecting the accuracy of your queries right now, and what options you have for working around the problem.
2013-02-14
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SQL Server 2012: Time Marches On
Greg Larsen explores the new SQL Server 2012 date and time functions and shows you how to exploit these functions in new application code.
2013-02-13
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An in-depth look at change detection in SQL Server - Part 01
Auditing, conflict resolution, tamper & concurrency protection are some of the most common requirements for any enterprise system – this 2-part series presents an in-depth look at the various change detection mechanisms available within SQL Server.
2013-02-12
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Expanding AlwaysOn Availability Groups with Replication Publishers
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups provide a high-availability and disaster-recovery solution for you SQL Server 2012 environments. Replication has been around in SQL Server for quite some time and allows you to scale out your environment. Warwick Rudd explains how to join these technologies together.
2013-02-12
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Moving Database Files in SQL Server
A short article that talks about the isues with moving SQL Server database files around on your storage subsystem.
2013-02-11
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Move all SQL Server indexed views to a new filegroup
As databases grow, it often becomes necessary to add new I/O paths to accommodate the growing space. Even without growth that requires this scale, it can still be useful to utilize multiple I/O devices to spread out the load. One way that you can make optimal use of new drives is to add a filegroup to the database and move certain objects (say, all of your indexed views) to the new filegroup.
2013-02-11
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SQL Saturday #198 - Vancouver
SQL Saturday comes back to Vancouver, BC on Feb 16, 2013. Come join in if you can.
2013-02-11
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
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Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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