To DBA or Not to DBA (DBA Jumpstart)
This post is part of the SQL Community Project started by John Sansom called #DBAJumpStart.“If you could give a DBA...
2013-12-10
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To DBA or Not to DBA (DBA Jumpstart)
This post is part of the SQL Community Project started by John Sansom called #DBAJumpStart. “If you could give a DBA just one piece of advice, what would it...
2013-12-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #49: My Go-To Query For Waiting Tasks
I’m not just hosting T-SQL Tuesday, I’m a customer as well. Err, I mean participant. Topic for this month’s T-SQL...
2013-12-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #49: Using CXPacket Waits to Detect Query Bottlenecks
This post is for T-SQL Tuesday #49, the monthly blog party of the community.
This tradition was started by Adam...
2013-12-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #49: Wait for it
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again and this time it’s being hosted by the SQL Soldier. He’s picked the subject of Waits....
2013-12-10
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T-SQL Tuesday#49 - Wait for it...Waits & Queues
As
I was waiting for the next TSQL
Tuesday topic to be announced, we all know that when SQL Server performance is
slow,...
2013-12-10
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#TribalAwards with RedGate!
You know what? You’re doing a good job. You’re reading blogs, and that’s generally the sign of a person wanting...
2013-12-09
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Back to iOS from Android
I pre-ordered a Samsung Galaxy S4 last spring, after listening to my wife talk about how much happier she was...
2013-12-09
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Backups and Giveaways! Day 1
We have 16 days until Christmas. Since I started this blog, I've posted every day Monday through Friday. I am...
2013-12-09
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Don’t Get Slimed By Bad Parameter Sniffing
Listen! Do you smell something? Are you suffering from random, unexplained slowdowns? Users complaining about queries that sometimes run fast,...
2013-12-09
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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