Rolling out Windows 8 Client: First Impressions
A virus found it’s way on to my system through a trojan horse, past all the security & anti-virus software. I...
2012-05-28
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Grant Fritchey
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Is Dynamic T-SQL a Good Design Pattern?
In a recent discussion it was suggested to me that not only is dynamic T-SQL useful for things like catch-all...
2012-05-21
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Don’t You Know Who I Am?
I’m happy to say that for most of you out there, the answer to this question is “no.” That’s as...
2012-05-16
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Which SELECT * Is Better?
The short answer is, of course, none of them, but testing is the only way to be sure.
I was asked,...
2012-05-11 (first published: 2012-05-07)
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Changing DB_CHAIN Can Clear the Plan Cache
If you make changes to the settings of a database, it can cause the procedure cache to be cleared. Microsoft...
2012-04-30
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Comments on Acceptable Behavior
Here’s the situation. We’re absolutely falling down as men and professionals. Ladies, feel free to read on and comment, but...
2012-04-27 (first published: 2012-04-23)
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AlwaysOn Failover Bug
I just found a little bug in AlwaysOn. It’s actually not that big a deal, but it’s interesting. In a...
2012-04-26
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SQL Server Log Backups
While presenting a session on Common Backup Problems both at SQL Saturday in Orange County and at SQL Connections in...
2012-04-02
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Execution Plan for a User Defined Function
When you execute a multi-statement user-defined function you may see an execution plan that looks something like this:
It appears as...
2012-03-30 (first published: 2012-03-26)
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TDE and Compression
I knew that enabling TDE would cause the information stored within to, effectively, be randomized, which means it would seriously...
2012-03-19
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Blogs
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
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Finely Tuned Models
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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