31 Days of SSIS – Environmental Variable(17/31)
31 Days of SSIS
It’s time to go back to discussing the environment when it comes to SSIS packages. For the...
2011-01-21
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Articles
Getting Fast Counts of Large Service Broker Queues
Getting Fast Counts of Large Service Broker Queues
This question regarding getting a fast count from a service broker queue came...
2011-01-21
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LINQ Lycanthropy: Transformations into LINQ
LINQ is one of the few technologies that you can start to use without a lot of preliminary learning. Also, it lends itself to learning by trying out examples. With Michael Sorens' help, you can watch as your conventional C# code changes to ravenous LINQ before your very eyes.
2011-01-21
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How to make Net Meeting a success
This article is a basic guide line to chapter leaders who are planning to have Net meetings as part of the User Group meetings.
2011-01-20
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Check that what you expected is actually what you got - DB's and SQLCMD
I feel that it is wise move for a script to actually check itself that the database connection that is...
2011-01-20
1,930 reads
ShowPlan Operator of the Week - Merge Join
Did you ever wonder how and why your indexes affect the performances of joins? Once you've read Fabiano Amorim's unforgettable explanation, you'll learn to love the MERGE operator, and plan your indexes so as to allow the Query Optimiser to use it.
2011-01-20
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – @Variable Use
Talk to the Experts
In a previous post, I discussed the exist() method as part of the XQuery for the Non-Expert...
2011-01-20
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Multi-subnet Failover Clusters
Multi-subnet Failover Clusters
I want to take a closer look at one of the new features in SQL Server Denali. While...
2011-01-19
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SQL Server Unit Testing with tSQLt
When one considers the amount of time and effort that Unit Testing consumes for the Database Developer, is surprising how few good SQL Server Test frameworks are around. tSQLt , which is open source and free to use, is one of the frameworks that provide a simple way to populate a table with test data as part of the unit test, and check the results with what should be expected. Sebastian Meine and Dennis Lloyd, who created tSQLt, explain
2011-01-19
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Why Every DBA Needs a Buddy
If you truly desire to be an effective SQL Server Database Administrator then you absolutely must have a buddy.
SQL Server...
2011-01-19
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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