Debugging query timeouts by sampling blocking – part 2
In part 1 I explained how I was hunting for the root cause for some query timeouts that happened every...
2012-03-20 (first published: 2012-03-15)
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Debugging query timeouts with X-Events – part 1
I like hunting. Not the kind where you are walking around the forrest and trying to find a target. No,...
2012-03-10
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How to use Change Data Capture (CDC)
With SQL Server 2008 Microsoft added the CDC feature to SQL Server enterprise edition. I haven’t come to play around...
2012-03-05
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MERGE with OUTPUT clause
A few days back I was presented with a theoretical challenge, and now I thought I would share my solution...
2012-02-29 (first published: 2012-02-21)
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ANUG: Masters at Work
In November last year, our very own Henrik Sjang Davidsen did a session at the ANUG event called Masters at...
2012-02-14
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PIPE CLIP – (| CLIP)
The main focus of this blog is to write about SQL Server related stuff – but now and then in the...
2012-02-07
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Meet the Geniiius Family
Over the next few weeks / months there will be plenty of opportunities to meet the Geniiius family, since we started...
2012-01-31
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Generate test data using DBGen
Over the last couple of months I have on several occasions found myself in need of test data for demos,...
2012-01-24
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SQL Server 2012 FileTable – Part 2
In this weeks blog post we will have a look at how easy it is to combine FileTables and FullText...
2012-01-18 (first published: 2012-01-12)
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TOP WITH TIES
I have been working with SQL Server for quite a few years now, and it still happens quite often that...
2012-01-17
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Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers