Analysis Services Webinar Recording and Q&A
I hope you were able to attend my free webinar on Introduction to Analysis Services on April 2, 2013. If...
2013-04-08 (first published: 2013-04-02)
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Blog Posts
Chicago SQL Saturday (#SQLSat211) Is This Weekend
The Chicago SQL Saturday is coming up this weekend on Saturday, April 13th. If you are waiting until the last minute...
2013-04-08
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Disabling Resource Governor
I had known that the Resource Governor is always running in modern versions of SQL Server. It’s core to the...
2013-04-08
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DMV-5 : Queries runing are adhoc or proc , single or multi use ?……..sys.dm_exec_cached_plans
sys.dm_exec_cached_plans DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187404.aspx
Returns a row for each query plan that is cached...
2013-04-08
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How do I use a variable in an IN clause?
I see this question in one form or another a lot. I’ve seen this or something like it probably half...
2013-04-08
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How Much Power Does Your PC Use?
I can’t say I’ve ever worried too much about how much power my PC uses. I care about battery life...
2013-04-08
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #27
For those that follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of...
2013-04-08
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list of the service applications in SharePoint 2010
Hey Friends,
It’s been a long time , I was out of touch with my blogs. But thanks to all for checking...
2013-04-08
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PASS Business Analytics Conference
The PASS Business Analytics Conference is almost here! Check out the sessions to be presented at the conference and you will see...
2013-04-08
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Presentation Materials “Discovering the Plan Cache” #SQLSat206
This past weekend, I took a quick trek into the land of beer and cheese for the second annual Madison...
2013-04-08
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
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