Top 10 SQL Server Integration Services Best Practices
Learn the top 10 best practices for large scale SSIS packages from a real world DBA.
2010-09-13
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Articles
Performance Issue with large number of Virtual Log Files in SQL Server Transaction Log
SQL Server transaction log files have an internal structure called the Virtual Log File or VLF. When the number of VLFs grow out of control due to autogrowth the log can become fragmented and cause delay. In this tip we look at how to see how many VLFs exist as well as how this can be reduced to a more reasonable number.
2010-09-13
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SQL Saturday #46 - Raleigh
A free one day training event in Raleigh, NC. Come to the first SQL Saturday in this city on Sept 18, 2010
2010-09-13 (first published: 2010-09-02)
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2010-09-10 (first published: 2008-11-17)
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Identifying and Eliminating the Dreaded Cartesian Product
Cartesian Products usually don't provide useful information and often result in mistakes that can hurt your database developer career. Learn to spot Cartesian Joins and banish them from your SELECT queries forever.
2010-09-10
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SQL Saturday #48 - Columbia
SQL Saturday Columbia, SC gives you a chance to get a full day of free SQL Server information, lectures, and seminars from the experts on the East Coast.
2010-09-10
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Inside the Optimizer: Constructing a Plan - Part 2
How does the query optimizer build an execution plan for your queries? Paul White shows is in part two of a four-part series exploring the internals of query optimization.
2010-09-09
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Webinar: Turn your backups into live databases with SQL Virtual Restore
Find out in this webinar how easy it is with Red Gate's SQL Virtual Restore to mount live, fully functional databases direct from backups – without performing a physical restore. Learn how you can use SQL Virtual Restore to save storage space and time across a wide range of database administration activities.
2010-09-09
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AdvanceTimePolicy and Point Event Streams In StreamInsight.
There are a number of ways to issues CTIs (Current Time Increments) into your StreamInsight streams but a quite useful way is to do it declaratively on your source factory like this
2010-09-09
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An Informal Look at Database Performance
A review on the basic steps to correct a poorly performing query
2010-09-08
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Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
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Did You Really Name That Default?
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Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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