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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Blog Posts
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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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...
2012-12-26
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FOR XML Clause
FOR XML CLAUSE: Sometimes we need to data in form of XML from
Database.SQL Server provide FOR XML Clause. For XML clause...
2012-12-26
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NULL Values Impact the Performance of MAX() and MIN()
We know that we need to take special attention about NULL values while writing queries because they may lead us into...
2012-12-26
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Querying the Procedural Cache: Just in Time for the New Years’
I sincerely wish that everyone enjoyed their recent holidays and recent downtime with family, and pass on my hope for...
2012-12-26
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SSIS Precedence Constraint Tutorial
Recently we decided to create a series of videos for our SSIS Precedence Constraint Tutorial which is part of our...
2012-12-26 (first published: 2012-12-18)
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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...
2012-12-25
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Blogs
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
By SQLPals
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices In...
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
By Brian Kelley
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
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A Limited Startup
I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:
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