Having shown just how useful PowerShell can be for DBAs in executing queries, Michael Sorens now takes us through navigating SQL Server space and finding meta-information - valuable information for anyone looking to be more productive in SQL Server.
2012-09-07
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Southern California isn't all beach time. SQL Saturday comes to San Diego on Sept 15, 2012. Join fellow SQL Server pros for a day of learning.
2012-09-07 (first published: 2012-08-15)
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Sometimes a procedure returns more than 1 result set. The article describes how to save all result sets into new database tables
2012-09-06
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How can I find out which statistics are outdated in my SQL Server database?
2012-09-06
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Come to Cambridge in the UK for a free day of training on SQL Server. Steve won't be there, but plenty of other Red Gate'ers will be.
2012-09-06 (first published: 2012-08-07)
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Having finally got around to upgrading my custom components to SQL Server 2012, I thought I’d share some notes on the process. One of the goals was minimal duplication, so the same code files are used to build the 2008 and 2012 components, I just have a separate project file.
2012-09-05
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This article discusses failover cluster instances and AlwaysOn groups
2012-09-04
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Free SQL Server training comes to Germany. Join fellow SQL Server pros in Munich on Sept 15, 2012.
2012-09-04 (first published: 2012-08-14)
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I am executing a simple query/stored procedure from my application against a large table and it's taking a long time to execute. The column I'm using in my WHERE clause is indexed and it's very selective. The search column is not wrapped in a function so that's not the issue. What could be going wrong?
2012-09-04
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In most organizations, the DBA team is seriously outnumbered by headstrong developers and clock driven managers, and "great" DBAs will often be outnumbered by...well...the not so great. In order to be heard in this environment, a DBA will not only need to be very skilled, but will also need a healthy dose of ego.
2012-09-03
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By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
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By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
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I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers