Heap might take more space than clustered Index when inserting row
Sometimes when you insert row on heap, even if the page has enough free space, the new row can not...
2013-01-03
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Blog Posts
List of Disks and Free Space
Recently I have been supporting our move from TFS from 2010 to TFS 2012. The database instances is stored on a server that I do not have log on...
2013-01-03
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MDS: The Microsoft SQL Server license has expired
When installing Master Data Services (MDS) in SQL Server 2012 or installing SQL Server 2012 sp1 (and possibly a CU),...
2013-01-03
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MSSQLFUN – Year 2012 Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of...
2013-01-03
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SQL Saturday #194 Exeter
I have read much about SQL Saturday’s but I have yet to attend one, that is about to change. I...
2013-01-03
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SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote
SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote
SQL Bits XI
SQLBits XI is in Nottingham, U.K., May 2 – 4, 2013, and I am attending....
2013-01-03 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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The Great Blog Move of 2013
For at least a year, I’ve been considering changing blog platforms. I set up my blog on TimMitchell.net using BlogEngine.NET...
2013-01-03
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Vote for my SQL Bits sessions
“Rob? Tsk tsk tsk. That’s a naughty word. We never rob. We just sort of borrow a bit from those...
2013-01-03 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
31 Days of Disaster...
2013-01-02
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Free SQL Server Learning Resources - Jan'2013
Database Normalization (some useful links)
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~wyllys/DMPAMaterials/normstep.html
http://www.guru99.com/database-normalization.html
http://www.aliencoders.com/content/basics-normalization-examples
SQL Server Programming Fundamentals (some useful links)
http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/SQLProgrammingFundamentals.aspx
http://beginner-sql-tutorial.com/sql-select-statement.htm
SQL Server Database Administration
DBA Responsibilities
http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2011/12/the-day-to-day-tasks-of-the-average-dba/
DBA Best Practices
http://www.bradmcgehee.com/presentations/
Free eBooks (to...
2013-01-02
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Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
Hi everyone I am looking at building a query to determine how much time...
SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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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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