SQL Server – Different Ways to Check Object Definition
sp_helptext is widely used for checking object definition in SQL Server. sp_helptext can be used to check definition of various...
2014-04-14
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Blog Posts
SQL Server – How To Find SQL Virtual Name From Host Name in SQL Failover Clustering Using PowerShell
Often times it is required to find out the SQL name from the host names in a clustered environment so you...
2014-04-14
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SSIS XML Task
The XML Task in SSIS allows you to parse through an XML file and read the nodes in the XML....
2014-04-14 (first published: 2014-04-07)
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Using BMC Control-M to Automate Tasks
My largest client recently purchased BMC Control-M to use as our enterprise scheduler. Since this product went live in our...
2014-04-14 (first published: 2014-04-04)
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Hortonworks Data Platform 2.1 New Features
What is Hortonworks Data Platform
Hortonworks recently announced their release of the HDP 2.1 their Hadoop Big Data platform. If you...
2014-04-13
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Using the T-SQL MERGE Statement
In SQL Server 2008, Microsoft added a new SQL query type: the MERGE statement. This flexible query provides the ability...
2014-04-13
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Reasons why your plans suck : No 56,536
I have been working with SQL server for more years than I really care to mention and like to think...
2014-04-12
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An Open Letter to Brogrammers
It’s not in the language I would write it in and it’s not necessarily safe for work, but it gets...
2014-04-11
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Call for Speakers – SQLSaturday #324 Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge is now on its 6th SQLSaturday and the event grows year after year. It all started with Patrick...
2014-04-11
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Friday Followup For April 11, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-04-11
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Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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