SQL Saturday #198, Vancouver, BC Session Files
This past weekend was SQL Saturday #198 in Vancouver, B.C. It started off with a leisurely drive up to Vancouver...
2013-02-19
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Blog Posts
SQL Server – Finding out Database creation time
Finding database creation time is simple if database has not been detached from server. You can find database creation time...
2013-02-19
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The Performance Impact to Prefix Stored Procedures with sp_
Last week I ran across a blog post by Axel Achten (B|T) that outlined a few reasons why you should...
2013-02-19
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T-SQL Tuesday #39 – Wrapup
Last week, I hosted the T-SQL Tuesday blogging party event, and the topic was on how do you use PowerShell...
2013-02-19
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Using Team Foundation Service
Team Foundation Service (TFS) is the “cloud” version of Team Foundation Server 2012. Up to 5 users are free, plus for a...
2013-02-19
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A Month of PowerShell – Day 18 (Databases: Stored Procedures)
Welcome to Day 18 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-18
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Building My Next Workstation–Part 1
It’s been four years – maybe more – since I last bought a workstation to use for development and lab work. It’s...
2013-02-18
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Configuring PerformancePoint Data Source for Time Intelligence
PerformancePoint provides functionality to map several time dimensions across multiple data sources to a ‘Master Time Dimension’. Data sources that...
2013-02-18
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Get Data Warehouse Training and Help a Neat School
If you're located relatively near the Atlanta, Georgia area, I wanted to bring your attention to data warehousing training on...
2013-02-18
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Last Weeks Top 20 “Reading” Links #20
Every day, I link out a few blogs posts and articles that I’ve read or used from across the internet....
2013-02-18
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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