PASS Summit 2012 session videos online
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2014-03-27
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Blog Posts
Quick Tip: Migrating a SQL Server Mirroring Witness server.
If you’re like me, you might be thinking “I want some more things to think about when I migrate between...
2014-03-27
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Remaining Vigilant, my contribution to #DBAJumpStart – Part 3
This post is part of the SQL Community Project #DBAJumpStart by John Sansom. As I mentioned previously, this post has...
2014-03-27 (first published: 2014-03-20)
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South Alabama Day of .NET 2014
About 200 miles east of Baton Rouge there lies a beachside town called Mobile, AL that will settle down long...
2014-03-27
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Tally Tables in T-SQL
The Tally (or Numbers) table is one of the most useful constructs in intermediate-level SQL. Have you ever written a...
2014-03-27
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The power of the baseline
There is one thing we all have in common, and a lot of us probably don’t even realize it, baselines!
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2014-03-27 (first published: 2014-03-21)
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5 Top Features Your Company Can Use in SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition
In a few days SQL Server 2014 will be made available, we’re not all lucky enough to be running Enterprise...
2014-03-26
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Collation: Expression
I had a recent run in with collation problems and it got me started reading. As I read I started...
2014-03-26
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Conditional Coloured Bar Charts in Excel with Upper and Lower Targets
I was just trying to gauge my BI knowledge level the other day and decided to chart it for visibility....
2014-03-26
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Error 701 - Insufficient System Memory - Now what?
This story begins, as so many often do, with a few key elements:1) A client who experienced a problem on...
2014-03-26 (first published: 2014-03-20)
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Blogs
Claude Desktop
By Arun Sirpal
Claude is more than a chat window. The desktop experience includes structured workspaces, generated...
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
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