Using SSIS lookup transformation editor with millions of rows
If you are using a SSIS lookup transformation editor and the reference dataset is large (millions of rows) and you...
2011-08-15
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Blog Posts
When Do You Take a Full Backup?
This series of blog posts are related to my presentation, The Top Ten Skills You Need, which is scheduled for...
2011-08-15
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A second week at SQLskills – performance tuning
G’day,
Back in February, I was lucky enough to attend a week of training on SQL internals from the people at...
2011-08-14
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Change User Desktop Folder Path by Using PowerShell
We could change your desktop folder location by using the following powershell script. Actually we need to change values of...
2011-08-14
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Counting code lines in SPs with Powershell
One of interesting tasks I once had is to check the # of code lines for all user stored procedures (SPs)...
2011-08-14
1,401 reads
Great new analytical functions in SQL Server 2011 “Denali”
SQL Server 2011 “Denali” is quite rich for new functions which have really good practical use in T-SQL. I’ve read...
2011-08-14
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Recursively Enumerating Local and AD Groups
If you ever need to flatten out groups which may include nested local and AD groups there’s a really easy...
2011-08-14
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Database Administration Operation Road Map
In my company, every two years, we have a tradition to collectively ponder at the technology road map for the...
2011-08-13
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Gradually Deleting Data in SQL Server
If you have a situation where you have a very large table in SQL Server, where you need to periodically...
2011-08-13
1,615 reads
SQL MCM Training – Day 5
Today I've not taken too much notes, because the whole afternoon was about the Management
Data Warehouse and Multi-Instance Management. But...
2011-08-13
1,376 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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