SQL Scripts Manager
We have Down Tools Week multiple times per year at Red Gate. This allows various employees to spend a week...
2014-03-26
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Blog Posts
The problem with PASS Summit abstracts (and submissions and selection and notification and…)
The problem with the PASS Summit session submissions process is that people don’t know why they’re rejected. So say we...
2014-03-26 (first published: 2014-03-19)
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The Unusable User–Question Of The Day
My latest question The Unusable User is live today over at SQLServerCentral. It’s a three pointer, how is that for...
2014-03-26
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Two IDs, One database and a Magic Number (and maybe even an empty string)
TweetG’day,
I noticed something odd recently when looking at sys.dm_exec_requests. Specifically the system processes listed in that DMV – well at least...
2014-03-26
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Zap Business Intelligence Installation
This walkthrough helps you to install Zap Business Intelligence. Some of you may need help knowing where to download the...
2014-03-26
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Folks,Know your Outbound Data Transfer Costs – Windows Azure
The cost associated with Outbound Data Transfer is very important when you consider bridging your On-premise network with Windows Azure.
Yes, when I...
2014-03-25 (first published: 2014-03-19)
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Introducing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 with SSRS Reports
Hi all, I’ve started a new job with eBECS which is a Microsoft Gold Partner in the ERP Business. Since...
2014-03-25
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Pluralsight = Essential Training
Update: 11th Sep 2016 - See comment that pricing tiers have been adjusted since this blog post
I've been aware of Pluralsight...
2014-03-25
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Speaking at Luxembourg SQL Server User Group
Tomorrow evening I have the honour of speaking at Microsoft’s office in Clausen, Luxembourg. The session I will be presenting...
2014-03-25
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The SQL Elephant in my room
TweetG’day,
Are people familiar with the saying “If there’s an elphant in the room, introduce it“? – if not, then to sum...
2014-03-25 (first published: 2014-03-19)
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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...
Forums
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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