Internals and Performance class in Dallas
At last, my blog is starting to pay real dividends. Not only do I get the opportunity to publish my...
2011-01-28
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Articles
Showplan Operator of the Week - Merge Interval
When Fabiano agreed to undertake the epic task of describing each showplan operator, none of us quite predicted the interesting ways that the series helps to understand how the query optimizer works. With the Merge Interval, Fabiano comes up with some insights about the way that the Query optimizer handles overlapping ranges efficiently.
2011-01-28
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Master Immersion Events from SQLskills.com
A new series of courses is available from SQLskills to help you better learn to manage and tune your SQL Server instances. These classes are designed to help you complete the MCM certification, but are also valuable for anyone that wants to become a better SQL Server DBA.
2011-01-27 (first published: 2011-01-10)
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SQL Server Central Webinar Series #8: Creating smaller and comprehensively verified backups
The next webinar from SQLServerCentral will look at backups and how you can create faster, smaller, and verified backups. Join Steve Jones and Rodney Landrum for this presentation on SQL Backup Pro and SQL Virtual Restore
2011-01-27 (first published: 2011-01-18)
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31 Days of SSIS – Data Flow Expressions (22/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Today, we continue on with the 31 Days of SSIS blog series. Yesterday’s post was on the...
2011-01-27
2,042 reads
Connect to a SQL Azure Database Using SSMS or SQLCMD
Learn how you can connect to a SQL Azure database.
2011-01-27
1,945 reads
DBA 101: Why is my log file full?
This question comes up constantly in different venues. I see it sometimes 2-3 times a day on SQL Server Central....
2011-01-27
3,653 reads
Distincting an IN subquery
This is going to be a quick one…
I keep seeing forum code (and production code) that includes the DISTINCT in...
2011-01-26
5,455 reads
ERROR_PROCEDURE Does Not Return a Schema Name
"A recent blog entry I read reminded me again that I wanted to rant about an issue in SQL Server for quite some time now. SQL Server 2005 introduced the separation between user and schema. Though schemata already existed before SQL Server 2005, they really became usable with this version, imho. At the same time TRY...CATCH was a new way for structured error handling introduced. And so it finally became possible…"
2011-01-26
2,799 reads
31 Days of SSIS – SQL Server Configuration (18/31)
31 Days of SSIS
The last post in the 31 Days of SSIS talked about the use of environmental variables. As...
2011-01-25
1,469 reads
Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
Forums
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Long is a Long...
T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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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