Utilizing the power of table parameters to reduce IO, improve performance, decrease pollution, and achieve world peace…
I was dealing with a challenging dynamic sql procedure that allowed a .NET app to pass in a list of...
2015-04-30
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Blog Posts
Altering a column to add NOT NULL
I had to do this recently and needed to look up the syntax as I couldn’t remember it. I don’t...
2015-04-29
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Are You Backing Everything Up?
We hear the common refrain among DBAs all the time. Back up your data! Test your restores! If you can’t restore the backup, it’s worthless. And yes, absolutely, you...
2015-04-29
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Better Together: Reduced Run Time and I/O
The run-time metric gets all the love, and for good reason. It’s easily witnessed by end users and the one...
2015-04-29
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Creating a Self-Contained Multi-Subnet Test Environment, Part II – Adding a Domain Controller
This is the second in a series of articles about creating a simulated environment for testing systems that cross subnets.
Part...
2015-04-29
2,136 reads
DataZen Dashboards Update
I’ve spend a good three days on and off working with the new “Microsoft” DataZen dashboard tool and I think...
2015-04-29
1,405 reads
DataZen Dashboards Update
I’ve spend a good three days on and off working with the new “Microsoft” DataZen dashboard tool and I think...
2015-04-29
699 reads
Excel in T-SQL Part 1 – HARMEAN, GEOMEAN and FREQUENCY
Today’s blog will be the first in a multi-part series on replicating Excel functions in T-SQL, starting with HARMEAN, GEOMEAN...
2015-04-29
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MySQL TinyInt treated as Boolean
When working with a MySQL database as a source you may experience some unexpected results in your data extracts. Most of the...
2015-04-29
2,870 reads
Outlier Detection with SQL Server, part 6.2: Finding Outliers Visually with Reporting Services Box Plots
By Steve Bolton
…………Throughout this series of amateur mistutorials in using SQL Server to identify outliers, we have repeatedly seen that...
2015-04-29
2,446 reads
Blogs
PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
Ten Years of PowerShell
Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source...
T-SQL Tuesday #202: 100 Hours
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this is a great prompt to start...
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