Short Circuit Events
I introduced the importance about predicate order previously. I recommend either reading that article for the first time or reading...
2015-10-26
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Jason Brimhall
Short Circuit Events
The predicate order is critical. Having the wrong order can result in not trapping the desired events. I cover the critical nature of predicates in the aforementioned article. At...
2015-10-26
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Counting Events
This article will show how to implement an XEvent Session that employs the use of the event_counter target that is used for counting events. IN addition, you will be...
2015-10-23
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Counting Events
After reading through the articles about the pair_matching target (here) and the article on the histogram target (here), this one is...
2015-10-23
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Histograms and Events
In this article I show how to use and configure the histogram target. In addition, I explain how to get to the data trapped into this target. Lastly, I...
2015-10-22
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Parsing Matched Events
In this article I will be taking you into the world of the pair_matching target. The pair_matching target should connote that this target works on matching like events into...
2015-10-21
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Parsing Matched Events
I just covered the topic of matching events from definition on down through highlighting a common use for this type...
2015-10-21
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Matching Events into Pairs
In the last article I showed how to discover all of the settings that are available to a particular Target....
2015-10-20
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Matching Events into Pairs
In this article I will be taking you into the world of the pair_matching target. The pair_matching target should connote that this target works on matching like events into...
2015-10-20
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Reading Session Data from Memory
In the last few articles I took you through a progression of working with the event_file target from the most...
2015-10-20 (first published: 2015-10-16)
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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