Review: Ghost of My Father
I finished reading Ghost of My Father by Scott Berkun over the holiday weekend. It’s an intense read about the...
2014-12-02
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 20082008 R22012 || Remove Node from failover cluster
Steps to remove node from failover cluster for SQL Server 2008 onwards :-
Note :-
a) Same process will be used to...
2014-12-02
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Capturing DB Usage stats – sp_spaceused simulation using DMV’s.
SP_SPACEUSED
sp_spaceused is one of the system stored procedure used frequently by many dba’s that reveals amount of space used by...
2014-12-01 (first published: 2014-11-24)
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Creating Placeholder Files
I recently wrote about placeholders for disk space. While you can use any file, like large images, video, etc., I’ve...
2014-12-01
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Drill-through to Details from Reporting Services to Excel
Can an SSRS report be designed to drill-through to an Excel workbook in-context (showing only the same filtered detail data)?...
2014-12-01
1,621 reads
Gmail and Match.com are Conspiring to Breakup My Marriage
My wife and I are happily married. Both of us were surprised the other day when she started getting Match.com...
2014-12-01
704 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #111
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-12-01
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SQLFamily.Org
Back in March 2013 I wrote We Need A Place For SQLFamily News after the death of the spouse of...
2014-12-01
522 reads
You don’t really need ORDER BY do you?
You see dozens of blog posts and articles about how the order of a result set is not guaranteed without...
2014-12-01 (first published: 2014-11-19)
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Video articles
While thinking of ways to improve the way I can get SQL Server information across to those who follow my...
2014-11-30
978 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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