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
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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