Jen McCown

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SQL Server 2014 SP1 released, and revoked

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

Just a brief note today to point to an article by Time Ford on SQLMag.com announcing that SQL Server 2014 SP1 has...

2015-04-16

634 reads

SSMS regular expressions: format text into a block

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

Sean’s RegEx for DBAs class must be finally sinking in for me. Today I was able to figure out a...

2015-04-07

517 reads

Connect the Nots

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

Today I learned that you can’t adjust the font size in SQL Server Management Studio’s Object Explorer pane. Nor registered...

2015-04-02

626 reads

“Thing IS NOT NULL” isn’t the same as “Thing != NULL”

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

I’ve talked about NULLs before. (Ref: Here’s a bit on ISNULL(), and here’s one about understanding NULL at a basic level.)...

2015-03-16

584 reads

Fun-fun-fun in the London sun (and Cardiff, and Exeter!)

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

We’re in London right now for SQLBits, which has been ABSOLUTELY LOVELY so far. If you happen to’ve seen our...

2015-03-06

450 reads

Powershell to Robocopy files (say, to back up your computer to protect against CryptoWall trojan)

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

We were having a good time on DBAs@Midnight, when Sean got a weird pop up message that said all his...

2015-02-07

1,135 reads

Minion Reindex 1.1 Release (and re-release)

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

We released Minion Reindex version 1.1 last week. The changes are fairly small: Made sure Minion Reindex handles all nonstandard naming...

2015-01-29

1,263 reads

Video: A Better Way to Reindex

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

Sean presented A BETTER WAY TO REINDEX for the Performance Virtual Chapter. Here are links to the video, and to...

2015-01-23

1,943 reads

Create a clustered index and a primary key on existing tables

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

It’s the simple things in life that can trip people up. I find that creating primary keys and clustered indexes...

2014-12-15

661 reads

Just an idea: Bare Bones SQL

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

I’m reading Andy Warren’s excellent essay “Thoughts on raising funds and spending funds for PASS chapters”, and it’s bringing together...

2014-11-13

874 reads

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Jen McCown

SQL Server 2014 SP1 released, and revoked

SSMS regular expressions: format text into a block

Connect the Nots

“Thing IS NOT NULL” isn’t the same as “Thing != NULL”

Fun-fun-fun in the London sun (and Cardiff, and Exeter!)

Powershell to Robocopy files (say, to back up your computer to protect against CryptoWall trojan)

Minion Reindex 1.1 Release (and re-release)

Video: A Better Way to Reindex

Create a clustered index and a primary key on existing tables

Just an idea: Bare Bones SQL

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