This week’s links on monitoring SQL Server performance
From time to time, I will be posting links that I encountered during the week. This is also one way...
2012-07-06
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Blog Posts
Differences in the Null Bitmap between SQL 2005 and 2012
Hello Dear Reader, I’ve been working on a series for BIDN.com, the Business Intelligence Developers Network, on how to read...
2012-07-05
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysconfigures
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-07-05
1,208 reads
Powershell Add-Member: IsLogBackupAllowed ?
In my previous post, I shared some of the issues I had when attempting to get Add-Member to work with...
2012-07-05
1,495 reads
SQL Server table partition switching
If you are using partitions in SQL Server, be aware that “partition switching” is a great feature to quickly truncate partitions...
2012-07-05
7,959 reads
The Standing Desk – In the Light
It’s been almost a month since I started the Standing Desk experiment. My first setup was down in the basement,...
2012-07-05
1,129 reads
Using Excel Macro (.xlsm) Enabled Files in SSIS
Recently while working for a client that was running SQL Server 2008 R2 I was tasked with loading an Excel...
2012-07-05 (first published: 2012-06-29)
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Fourth of July Bloopers
Here you go. The raw ones.
It’s a holiday, and usually I’m spending time with the family and enjoying the...
2012-07-04
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – syscomments
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-07-04
1,015 reads
MDX ‘Is’ Operator
I recently encountered a business scenario involving calculated members in a cube that I thought is worth sharing.
We have a...
2012-07-04
824 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Creating a Simple and Flexible...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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