SQL Server – Skipping Function Execution when parameters are NULL
You can avoid executing a function when NULL values are passed as parameters. To achieve this you need to create...
2012-12-28 (first published: 2012-12-19)
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Dec 2012)
Here is the December 2012 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2012-12-28
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SQL Server Cumulative Update
Microsoft today announced the latest round of SQL Server Cumulative Updates
SQL Server 2012 CU 5 – You can get more information...
2012-12-28
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Big Data: An Introduction with Hive
Hive is a data warehouse system for Hadoop that facilitates easy data summarization, ad-hoc queries, and the analysis of large datasets stored in Hadoop compatible file systems. Hive provides...
2012-12-27
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I Pulled a Forest Gump
Last Friday I went for a quick run before we packed up and headed to Steamboat Springs for a week’s...
2012-12-27
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It’s Another 24 Hours of PASS
With the upcoming PASS Business Analytics Conference, it only makes sense for there to be a 24 Hours of PASS...
2012-12-27
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PASS Summit 2012 session videos online
If you are interested in viewing the recorded sessions for the PASS Summit 2012, you can order them on a USB flash...
2012-12-27
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Predictions for 2013
I’m on holiday, but I have a set of predictions for 2013 coming on Jan 1. This is a little...
2012-12-27
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Red errors in the results pane
Most DBAs have seen those nice clear red errors in the results pane. And I’m sure most DBAs have noticed...
2012-12-27 (first published: 2012-12-19)
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Big Data - An Introduction to Pig
In my previous article, I have explained Big Data and Hadoop in details. In this article I would like to go little deeper with Pig. Pig is a high-level...
2012-12-26
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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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