The Standing Desk – Week 1
I finally got my standing desk working last weekend and started on Tuesday (after Memorial Day) working at it on...
2012-06-01
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Blog Posts
A new neat feature in SQL Server 2012 is THROW
In SQL Server 2005 we got the TRY…CATCH construct which was a big help for developers to effectively handle errors...
2012-05-31
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After August, I'm Done Traveling for the Year
I mentioned in a post over at my Goal Keeping DBA blog that I was not planning to attend the...
2012-05-31
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Building a SQL Server Inventory – Part 1
Ok folks, you asked for it. Well, a few of you did, anyway. So today I’m going to share with...
2012-05-31 (first published: 2012-05-29)
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Building a SQL Server Inventory – Part 2
Last time I went through my script to gather server information for my inventory. Today I’m going to go through...
2012-05-31
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Cross Database Views and Schema Binding
One of the most interesting things I've found as a DBA is learning about features in other RDBMS platforms. Sure...
2012-05-31
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DBCC CHECKDB
Quite often when I see a new SQL Server setup, a CHECKDB has never been run on the databases. It’s...
2012-05-31 (first published: 2012-05-29)
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Denali – Day 31: Discontinue and Breaking/Behavior change features
Denali – Day 31: Discontinue and Breaking/Behavior change features Discontinue Features: As discussed about Deprecated will going to discontinue with that...
2012-05-31
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How to Give your .NET application HA
By David Postlethwaite
I was at a meeting the other week when someone mentioned that you could specify two SQL Servers...
2012-05-31
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How to synchronize the data from the Production environment to Development, Testing and Staging Environments for SQL Server? (Republished)
How to synchronize the data from the Production environment to Development, Testing and Staging Environments for SQL Server? (Republished)
One of...
2012-05-31
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Blogs
Redgate and Rome
By Steve Jones
I’m at the UK Redgate office today, meeting with senior leaders in all areas...
Quick Tip: Check Most DTU Expensive Queries in Azure SQL Database
Optimizing Azure SQL Database performance often begins with identifying the most resource-intensive queries. Understanding...
PowerShell Newbie – Variables
By gbargsley
This is Week 2 of PowerShell Strikes Back – a four-week May series for...
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The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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