If you have a server that has more than one CPU core, you may experience high values of CXPACKET wait types. This is typically due to queries that run in parallel and the real issue is to understand how different versions of a query can impact CXPACKET waits. In this tip we examine how changing a query can impact CXPACKET waits.
2010-07-13
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This SSIS package monitors the execution of any SSIS tasks pasted into its sequence container, and sends an email when a failure of any embedded task occurs.
2010-07-12
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This challenge is all about searching for two keywords in a string with a maximum distance of 'one word' between them.
2010-07-12
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In the concluding part of the Physical Operators series we look at the Hash operator.
2010-07-12
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Automates the creation of INSERT, UPDATE & DELETE stored procedure of a table
2010-07-09 (first published: 2009-07-23)
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One of the most integral components and critical success factors of any enterprise data warehousing initiative is the Solutions Architecture document, a high-level conceptual model of a data warehousing solution. Learn why this collaborative effort that addresses the needs of all major stakeholders, including both the business units and Information Technology (IT), is essential.
2010-07-09
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You can create a database under the assumption that SQL looks after all the problems of concurrency. It will probably work fine under test conditions: then, in the production environment, it starts losing data in subtle ways that defy repetition. It is every Database Developer's nightmare. In an excerpt from his acclaimed book, Alex Kuznetsov explains why it happens, and how you can avoid such problems.
2010-07-09
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Take your peers out of their comfort zone and do you know how well they'll perform?
2010-07-08
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An article from Scott Zurolo tests the terformance of SQL Server 2008 Table Valued Parameters against more traditional methods of updating many rows at once.
2010-07-08
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In this part of NULL Defense series, we will discuss how to create NULL Defense in Script Transformation.
2010-07-08
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By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
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Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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