Why do I Blog?
Last week I heard about a new blog party/meme coming down the pipe for the #SQLFamily. This new meme is...
2011-12-17
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Blog Posts
Why you may or may not consider using Database Snapshots!
Microsoft introduced database snapshots with SQL Server 2005. A database snapshot is a static, read-only copy of a source database...
2011-12-17
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Counting Merge Replication Article Changes
One of the cool things about Merge Replication is that it has the capability of revealing very interesting information regarding...
2011-12-16
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Factless fact table
A factless fact table is a fact table that does not have any measures. It is essentially an intersection of...
2011-12-16
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Get drive & mount points space information in SQL Server 2005 by using CLR Stored Procedure?
As we know xp_fixeddrives can only be use to retrieve normal fixed drives space information. It cannot be used to retrieve information...
2011-12-16
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My first blog post!
I’ve started my own SQL blog. Hopefully I’ll write some interesting SQL blog posts here soon.
2011-12-16
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Open_transaction_count in sys.dm_exec_sessions
This news may be a few months old, but it is worth noting that there is now a column called...
2011-12-16
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Re-blog – December 9 – December 15
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2011-12-16
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The ‘Microsoft.Ace.OLEDB.12.0' Provider Is Not Registered on the Local Machine
If you have used SSIS to move data from something like Access or more commonly Excel, it is a good...
2011-12-16
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T-SQL Tuesday #25 – T-SQL Tricks
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, and this time Allen White (@SQLRunr | blog) is asking for your tricks. If you...
2011-12-16 (first published: 2011-12-13)
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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...
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
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A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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