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Sorry for the click bait but I just couldn’t resist, and to be fair I was pretty impressed with this...

2014-09-15

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Outstanding PASS Volunteer

by SQLBalls

SQLBalls

Hello Dear Reader! In June this year I was recognized by PASS as with an Outstanding Volunteer Award. In an...

2014-09-15

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PASS SQL Saturday Events: October 2014

by Marc Beacom

Marc Beacom

DateEventOctober 4 SQLSaturday #335 – Athens 2014October 4 SQLSaturday #336 – Holland 2014October 4 SQLSaturday #344 – Tirana 2014October 4 SQLSaturday #315 – Pittsburgh...

2014-09-15

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Podcast on Devops and the Database

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve been attempting to expand my reach to get back to my roots in development. I’m doing this because I...

2014-09-15

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Statistics in SQL Server

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

I’ve put together a new Curah! of links to some of the better articles on SQL Server Statistics, specifically those...

2014-09-15 (first published: 2014-09-10)

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Thoughts On the NomCom Process

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

We’ve just wrapped up the interviews and I wanted to jot down a few thoughts on what I’ve seen from...

2014-09-15

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To be brief. What to do when PATH variable is too long to be real PATH.

by sqlcodeguard

SQL Code Guard

Sometimes after installing pretty useful addins when starting SSMS you can see error message like "Exception has been thrown by...

2014-09-15

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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 41 (“Statistics”)

by Niko Neugebauer

Niko's blog

Continuation from the previous 40 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
Note: This article is in’s 2nd version, after correcting comments done by...

2014-09-13

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