How to Handle Dynamic Rowsets
Sometimes you have a stored procedure that returns a rowset, and you need to insert the rowset into a temporary...
2014-12-04
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Blog Posts
NUMA remote (foreign) memory access overhead on Windows, SQL Server and In-Memory OLTP
In NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access), processors in the same physical location are grouped in a node which has its own local node memory. In a NUMA based system, there...
2014-12-04
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Slow performance due to SQL Server 2014 Buffer Pool Extension (BPE) and serial queries (MAXDOP 1)
The SQL Server 2014 Buffer Pool Extension feature can extend the buffer pool space on to Solid State Drive (SSD), where data and index pages can be cached. There...
2014-12-04
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SQL in the City 2014 – Washington DC
I’m off today, traveling to SQL in the City 2014 – Washington DC to meet Grant and deliver another database delivery...
2014-12-04
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SQL Injection Issues–Password Hashing
I’ve got a demo for one of my talks that really highlights some issues we have with SQL Injection. It’s...
2014-12-04
1,391 reads
SQLKonferenz 2015
If you are looking for one of the most awesome and most import conferences in Europe, then surely you need...
2014-12-04
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INSERT INTO SELECT vs SELECT INTO
INSERT INTO SELECT and SELECT INTO may be very similar commands but they have some important differences. Every now and...
2014-12-03
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Outlier Detection with SQL Server, part 3.1: Grubbs’ Test
By Steve Bolton
…………In the last two installments of this series of amateur self-tutorials, I mentioned that the various means of...
2014-12-03 (first published: 2014-11-29)
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Placeholders for Emergencies
A long time ago I worked in a large corporation where we managed lots of servers, each of which performed...
2014-12-03 (first published: 2014-11-24)
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SQL Saturday NYC Update 1
It has been one week now since SQL Saturday NYC was announced and the planning committee and myself are very...
2014-12-03
367 reads
Blogs
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
Who’s the Winningest Coach (with AI Help)
By Steve Jones
I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing...
Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: Fuzzy String Search II
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Azure-SSIS, Self-Hosted Integration Runtime, & Data Gateway?
Looking to confirm my understanding of these three products and how they can be...
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What is Page Density
In SQL Server, there is a concept of page density. This is determined by how much data is stored on each page. What is a page density of 90%?
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