Christoffer Hedgate

I work in Lund, Sweden, at a company called Apptus Technologies. Apptus are specialized in database research and consulting, including development of search engines. Most of the time I work with SQL Server as an architect, administrator and developer, but I have also done some work with other DBMS such as Oracle and TimesTen. I also do some programming, mainly in Visual Basic, C# and Java (plus a couple of scripting languages).

I am also the co-owner of sql.nu (http://www.sql.nu/) where you can find more articles from me.
  • Interests: Movies, sports, databases, games

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Dynamic Management Objects

These are not the DMO bits you are thinking of from SQL Server 2000. SQL Server 2005 introduces a new way of digging into the inner workings of the server with both Dynamic Management Views and Dynamic Management Functions. Longtime SQL Server guru Christoffer Hedgate looks at these new ways of understanding your server.

2006-01-26

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Measuring SQL Performance

One thing that often amazes me is that many SQL Server developers do not actually measure the performance of their queries. Many of them thought that you needed external tools, more or less complicated, to run against your server, and they did not have the time or inclination to learn and try these. This article will describe a couple of much easier methods of measuring performance of queries.

4.4 (5)

2005-12-23 (first published: )

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CLR Integration

One of the more controversial new features in SQL Server 2005 is the inclusion of the Common Language Runtime (CLR) inside the server. Whether you agree this is a good idea or not, the very knowledgable Chris Hedgate brings us the first article in a series looking at how the CLR fits into your database server.

4.5 (4)

2005-07-13

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On the Trail of the ISO Week

Chris Hedgate, one of our regular SQL Server columnists, recently became intrigued by the way that SQL Server implements the week number. His concern was why SQL Server treats week 53 as week 1, which is not that way that ISO6801 sees it. Read about his investigation into the methods of implementing an algorithm to solve this problem.

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2005-01-20

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