Extract CLR Assemblies from SQL Server
I’ve run into a few situations that required examining the existing CLR assemblies on a server. Whether I needed to...
2012-03-02
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Extract CLR Assemblies from SQL Server
I’ve run into a few situations that required examining the existing CLR assemblies on a server. Whether I needed to do a comparison between two versions to make sure...
2012-03-02
419 reads
Split Typeperf Output in More Managable Chunks
I really like using typeperf for perfmon counter collection. It allows me to save a collection of counters to monitor...
2012-02-17
1,415 reads
Split Typeperf Output in More Managable Chunks
I really like using typeperf for perfmon counter collection. It allows me to save a collection of counters to monitor and store those readings in a csv file for...
2012-02-17
45 reads
Automate CPU-Z Capture to Check for Throttled Processors
Severalprofessionalshaveposted about checking whether or not your processors are running at full speed by using CPU-Z. Some recommendations are to...
2012-02-16
1,137 reads
Automate CPU-Z Capture to Check for Throttled Processors
Several professionals have posted about checking whether or not your processors are running at full speed by using CPU-Z. Some recommendations are to check your servers every couple of...
2012-02-16
44 reads
Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed
A few weeks ago one of our clustered server nodes blue-screened and when it came back on SQL refused to...
2011-11-09
4,483 reads
Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed
A few weeks ago one of our clustered server nodes blue-screened and when it came back on SQL refused to start. I started digging in and this is what...
2011-11-09
826 reads
Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed
A few weeks ago one of our clustered server nodes blue-screened and when it came back on SQL refused to start. I started digging in and this is what...
2011-11-09
11 reads
Sync SSMS Tools Pack Across Computers Using SyncToy
My favorite and most used feature of the SSMS Tools Pack is the query history. This feature has saved me...
2011-10-06
1,141 reads
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...
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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