SQL Server 2014 SP1 released, and revoked
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
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Blog Posts
Stupid T-SQL Tricks – Part 3: A Zodiacal SQL
Today we’ll learn how you can use T-SQL to calculate your zodiac sign from your birthdate.
“Heeeeeere’s Johnny!” – Ed McMahon introducing...
2015-04-16
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Trust No One Implicitly
At the Charlotte BI Group meeting last night, one of the questions I was asked after I gave my talk...
2015-04-16 (first published: 2015-04-08)
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Audit who Dropped the Database
In the first article on this topic (which can be read here), I discussed the problem of having a database...
2015-04-15 (first published: 2015-04-07)
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Deleting Files Older than X Hours with PowerShell
(aka "OMG I can't believe I am actually finally writing a #PowerShell blog post").
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I currently have a situation at a...
2015-04-15
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HammerDB Performance Collection with SQL Server
Recently, my friend Mike Fal ( b | t ) released a PowerShell script that can sample the counter inside SQL Server that...
2015-04-15
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Have you tried DLM Dashboard?
DLM Dashboard is a new product from Redgate Software that’s free. Free as in beer, which should be attractive to...
2015-04-15
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How Do You Visualize Abstractions?
#SQLNewBlogger
Some time ago, my kids asked me what I do for a living. I told them I work with databases.
“What’s...
2015-04-15
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Null, empty string, or zero?
The answer: It Depends.
One of the more common problems I encounter when managing data quality, especially in an ETL process,...
2015-04-15 (first published: 2015-04-06)
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Quickly Check If SSL For SQL Is Enabled - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo quickly check SSL is configured on your SQL Server you can...
The post Quickly Check If SSL...
2015-04-15
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Blogs
Creating a Striped Backup Set with AI
By Steve Jones
I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s...
Trace Flag 1448 – Lessons from a Technical Interview
By gbargsley
In SQL Server environments where transactional replication runs alongside Always On Availability Groups (AGs),...
Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)
Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)If you run SQL Server...
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Locking Hierarchies
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Question of the Day
Locking Hierarchies
You have a table [dbo].[orders] without a Clustered Index (Heap). The table does not have any other nonclustered indexes! You rund the following command in Read Committed Isolation Level:
SELECTo_orderdate,
o_orderkey,
o_custkey,
o_storekey
FROMdbo.orders
WHEREo_orderkey = 3877;