I’m Not Attending #sqlpass Summit 2012 and I’m Sorry For Myself
I really wanted to attent PASS Summit this year, I’ve never attended before. I was preparing myself mentally since the...
2012-10-12
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Samuel Vanga
Book Review: SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns
This book is written by Andy Leonard, Matt Masson, Tim Mitchell, Jessica Moss, and Michelle Ufford. These are all highly...
2012-09-14
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SCRIPT: Find the row count of all tables and views
Today I’m sharing another script that I often find useful – Queries to find the count of rows from tables and...
2012-08-15
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SQL Saturday US Map
Apparently, SQL Saturday isn’t popular in the west. See for yourself. I wanted to see what cities frequently host SQL...
2012-08-03
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SCRIPT: Basic Information About Indexes
I’m having a little fun with documenting basic information about indexes in my current project. I’m posting the scripts here...
2012-07-31
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Parallel Execution in SSIS with MaxConcurrentExecutables
MaxConcurrentExecutables, a package level property in SSIS determines the number of control flow items that can be executed in parallel....
2012-07-20
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Generating Surrogate Keys With SSIS
A surrogate key is an auto generated value, usually integer, in the dimension table. It is made the primary key...
2012-06-28 (first published: 2012-06-24)
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Status Column in SSISDB Catalog Database
I occasionally review the search terms people use to get to this blog and secretly celebrate knowing my post helped...
2012-06-19
1,216 reads
T-SQL Tuesday 31: SSIS 2012 Logging
Topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, hosted by Aaron Nelson (@SQLVariant) is Logging.
I like to think of logging as a...
2012-06-19 (first published: 2012-06-12)
3,795 reads
Tips to improve your blog, really!
As I learnt a few things about blogging, I made a list of tips to get better at blogging. Thought...
2012-05-17
907 reads
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Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
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As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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