The Secret to Keeping Your Cool Like an Experienced Production DBA
Your actions as a Database Administrator can make the difference between a disaster being a minor nuisance or a major...
2013-07-01 (first published: 2013-06-25)
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Blog Posts
Writing Dynamic SQL (A how to)
A little while back I wrote Best practice recommendations for writing Dynamic SQL where I made a number of suggestions...
2013-07-01
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My Thoughts about SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2014 is coming. Go ahead and download the public CTP.
I’ve just started getting my hands dirty with the...
2013-06-28 (first published: 2013-06-25)
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Natural Born Killers (The series) – Day 6 Sargability
To those that don’t know me “Natural Born Killers (The Series)” sounds like a very strange choice for a SQL...
2013-06-28 (first published: 2013-06-25)
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Reblog: June 21 to June 27
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-06-28
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SQL 2014 CTP1, where is my BIDS?
Oh wait sorry, I meant SSDT. Or was it SSDTBI? To avoid confusion about the developer tool to create BI...
2013-06-28
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SQL Server – Understanding ‘sp_spaceused’ Results for Database Size Information
From a recent conversation with a customer, I noticed even some of the experienced DBAs are not very clear about...
2013-06-28
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SQL Server 2014 CTP1 Released
This week has been the week of the release: We’ve had the Visual Studio 2013 Preview and now the SQL Server 2014 CTP1. And that’s just the ones I’m...
2013-06-28
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5 community stored procedures you need for your servers
We’re blessed in the SQL Server community that there are so many people willing to share work they have done...
2013-06-27
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A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 14.1: An Introduction to Plug-In Algorithms
by Steve Bolton
…………In my last post in this amateur series of self-tutorials on SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM), I got...
2013-06-27 (first published: 2013-06-25)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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