Few thoughts and updates
Few of my regular readers may have noticed I am not actively blogging @ SSC at frequent interval.
There is a reason behind...
2013-06-14
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Blog Posts
Improving performance by using SET STATISTICS IO
When I started using SQL Server the company I was working for at the time had no skill in this...
2013-06-14
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Presentation Slides for Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” for Pragmatic Works. There were over 500 attendees! The abstract...
2013-06-14
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Reblog: June 7 to June 13
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-06-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #43 – Plan Operators
This month’s TSQL-Tuesday is hosted by Rob Farley (blog | twitter), who became a Microsoft Certified Master this past December (congrats!)....
2013-06-14 (first published: 2013-06-11)
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Best practice recommendations for writing Dynamic SQL
Note this is not “Best Practices when USING Dynamic SQL”. These are just good habits I’ve come up with over...
2013-06-13 (first published: 2013-06-12)
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Book Review: Instant Creating Data Models with PowerPivot How-to
I recently had the opportunity to review a pre-published copy of the “Instant” series book “Creating Data Models with PowerPivot...
2013-06-13
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Levels in IT consultancy
The Big 5 IT consulting companies (Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, PwC (formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), KPMG, Ernst & Young) have various titles given to consultants along...
2013-06-13
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Security Questions: Migrate Logins Between Servers
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-06-13
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The Side Effect of NOLOCK (video)
A while back I put together a blog post on the side effect of NOLOCK. Today I thought I’d push...
2013-06-13
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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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