If You’re Not Doing Anything….
Hey… Pssst… Yeah, you there on the couch. Listen, if you’re not doing anything around lunchtime on February 6th, I...
2014-01-28
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Blog Posts
Jan PASS Data Architecture VC presents Ike Ellis on Tips & Tricks
Please join the PASS Data Architecture virtual chapter on Thursday Jan 30th at noon central for SQL Server Tips and...
2014-01-28
1,123 reads
Know When it’s Good Enough
Here’s a newsflash: You may not thing so, but you are expensive. There’s no point in endless performance tuning. I love...
2014-01-28
710 reads
Movie Adaptations of Books
I’ve never written a novel or a movie script, but I’ve sure consumed a lot of both and enjoy both....
2014-01-28
793 reads
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) – January 2014 update
The SSDT January 2014 release has been updated to support both SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance Update 1...
2014-01-28
1,473 reads
Applied SQL: LIKE ‘whatever’
Today let’s play around with the LIKE operator. Like, totally. Like, Introduction Like “determines whether a specific character string matches...
2014-01-27
734 reads
February 2014 – SQL Server Monthly Maintenance Checklist
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It’s a cold, cold day here in Minnesota. A great day for staying in and working on some in-home...
2014-01-27
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #68
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-01-27
973 reads
Myths and Misconceptions about Transaction Isolation Levels
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan, where you are getting week by week via email...
2014-01-27 (first published: 2014-01-21)
4,026 reads
Powershell in a Month Day 13 – Remote Control
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2014-01-27
1,049 reads
Blogs
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
Forums
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
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