Speaking at SQLSaturday Oslo
This weekend, I’ll hop on a plane and fly over to Norway for SQLSaturday Oslo.
I’ll be delivering a session I...
2015-08-26
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Blog Posts
SSC Editorial: Annual Security Compliance Training
Compliance training, never a fun topic and I think that is too bad. A combination of companies checking the box,...
2015-08-26
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Taking #PowerPivot to the Next Level
Power Pivot is an amazing, flexible and powerful business intelligence tool (among other things) and there is no doubt about...
2015-08-26
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The 30 minute rule
In one of my first IT jobs (back in the dark ages) we had something called the thirty minute rule....
2015-08-26
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The Problem With AshleyMadison - » Syndication
What is the real problem with the AshleyMadison data breach? Well, let...
The post The Problem With AshleyMadison appeared first on...
2015-08-26
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Uploading Files to an HDInsight Cluster (No Scripting Required)
As I noted in my first post, I am not a fan of scripting. In that post we set up...
2015-08-26
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Use FILEPROPERTY to find free space in all the database
The use of SpaceUsed property of the FILEPROPERTY function gives how much space is used also we can derive lot...
2015-08-26
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Assigned reading: FREEPROCCACHE
I don’t often find myself blogging for the sole purpose of showing you someone else’s blog, but today is one...
2015-08-25
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Catch up with T-SQL Tuesday
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party where we get an invitation the first week of the month to write...
2015-08-25 (first published: 2015-08-14)
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Pulling data from the error log
The other day I was asked to pull a list of errors from the SQL Server log into a table...
2015-08-25 (first published: 2015-08-17)
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
Forums
Massive Table Growth Issue – How to Set Up Filegroup Usage Alerts?
Hello We recently encountered an issue where a SQL table unexpectedly grew in size...
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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