We’re All Mad Here!
The title says it all!
I just heard that I was selected to present at SQL Saturday in Columbus! I’m excited...
2014-05-09
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Chris
2014 SQL Server Editions – Overview
2014 is the latest edition of SQL Server available[/caption]
SQL Server 2014 was officially released in April 1st, 2014. You can...
2014-04-22
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Why a Boot Camp?
As a some of you may already know, I am now offering SQL Server boot camps with the first one...
2014-04-15
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When Data Should Walk Out The Door
What would you do?
What would your reaction be if, one day, all that old data you’ve been holding onto for...
2014-03-24 (first published: 2014-03-18)
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Counting Work Days
Don’t forget that most holiday’s aren’t work days.
Recently while working with a client I was faced with some seriously convoluted...
2013-09-21
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Digby’s Top 10 reasons you need a DBA
Digby! helps to demonstrate the top 10 reasons you need a dedicated SQL Server DBA.
They can handle unexpected database growth...
2013-05-21
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Optimizing Protected Indexes (was Indexing Encrypted Data)
Why bother encrypting?
Riddle me this batman? Why bother to Encrypt?
As a SQL Server DBA I am primarily responsible for making...
2013-02-27
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Type 2 SCD with SQL Merge
I was going through some notes I had from previous projects and came across a sample script for created a...
2013-01-25
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Gain exclusive control of a database
Last night a client tried to ruin a script to enable Read_Committed_snapshot on a SQL database. There were so many...
2012-10-10
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10-minute SQL: Filtered Delete: join vs. sub-select vs. exist
I was doing some simple tuning of procedures for a client when I came across some delete statements that I...
2012-10-05
862 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Fensiveness
By Steve Jones
fensiveness – n. a knee-jerk territorial reaction when a friend displays a casual interest...
Microsoft Purview FAQ
By James Serra
I get many of the same questions about Microsoft Purview, so I wanted to...
Undercover Catalogue 0.4.5 Released – Database Module Bug Fix
Full documentation on the Undercover Catalogue can be found HERE We’ve spotted a bug in...
Forums
GIT Configuration and Automated Release for Azure Data Factory
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How to Add a New Shared Disk to a WSFC as a SQL Resource
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Gateway timeout when posting reply but...
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Question of the Day
Disabling Indexes
I want to disable an index so that it doesn't use any resources and isn't maintained. I am planning to drop this, but don't want to do it now. The index is named LoggerNCI and was created on the dbo.Logger table, on the LogID column. What code disables this?
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