SQL Saturday Pensacola presentation file downloads
I had a great weekend at my fourth annual visit to Pensacola for SQL Saturday, which had many great sponsors,...
2012-06-12
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Will Assaf
Recently Used Tables and Databases
Recently developed these queries to assist with the evaluation of development or sandbox environments. Sometimes disk space demands that old...
2012-05-24
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April Hammond .net User Group Presentation - SQL Server Security and Permissions
Here's the slide deck and sample files from last night's presentation at the Hammond .net User Group. We discussed SQL...
2012-04-26
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SQL Saturday Houston #107 - SQL Server Best Practices with DMV Presentation Files
Thanks for joining me for a standing room only presentation this morning at 9:45am at SQL Saturday #150 Houston. This...
2012-04-21
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SQL Script Toolbox for Developers
I work with a motley crowd of developers and have the opportunity to give lunch and learn training sessions on...
2012-04-20
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Using sys.dm_exec_requests to find a blocking chain and much more
As with every good DBA's toolbox, my blocking list query using sys.dm_exec_requests is evolving.
I've added the following features:
The query execution...
2012-04-19
3,461 reads
sys.sql_modules vs. INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Routines
Consider the following two queries meant to search for a keyword in SQL programmability objects.
select s.name +'.' + o.name, o.type_desc, m.definition
from sys.sql_modules...
2012-04-18
1,975 reads
Certification Exams: From the Other Side
Today I took the 70-464 beta exam today "Developing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases" and after spending the last few...
2012-04-06
766 reads
SQLSaturday #107 Houston
About 3 weeks to go until SQLSaturday #107 at YES Prep Public Schools - North Central Campus, 13703 Aldine-Westfield, Houston, TX,...
2012-03-29
1,335 reads
FILESTREAM and Snapshot Isolation Mode in SQL 2008
FILESTREAM and Snapshot Isolation mode are incompatible in SQL 2008.
In SQL 2008 R2 however...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173763.aspx
In SQL Server 2008 R2, snapshot...
2012-03-27 (first published: 2012-03-20)
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Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice!
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers