Dancing with Denali - CTP3, Product Guide, and More....
Have you ever danced with Denali in the Pale Moonlight? (Ok, I changed that famous quote from the original Batman...
2011-08-18
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Blog Posts
Derived Table Column Alias
By now, you have heard of subqueries. You have also heard of Common Table Expressions. I am sure you know what a derived table is and that you get...
2011-08-18
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Derived Table Column Alias
By now, you have heard of subqueries. You have also heard of Common Table Expressions. I am sure you know...
2011-08-18
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Feedback from SQL Saturday #64 in Baton Rouge
I did my session on The Top Ten SQL Server Skills You Need for the first time in Baton Rouge...
2011-08-18
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How to report a SQL Server performance problem
You’re experiencing a sudden slow down in SQL Server performance. Users are complaining .Many reasons could be causing this sudden...
2011-08-18
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SQL Server – "Denali" – Using Analytic Function CUME_DIST()
CUME_DIST() calculates relative position of a value relative to a group of values. The value returned by CUME_DIST() is > 0...
2011-08-18
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SQLMCM Training – Day 10
Today Paul was speaking about Database Mirroring and Jonathan was talking about Failover
Clustering – all in all a very intensive day...
2011-08-18
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Adding an Index to Save Space
Sounds weird right, but that is exactly what has happened with a VLDB I inherited. A third party database that...
2011-08-17
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Afterthoughts: SQL Saturday #79 South Florida 2011
This past Saturday August 13th I presented two sessions at SQL Saturday #79 hosted by the South Florida SQL Server...
2011-08-17
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Another New Contributor–Christian Dadswell
This is just a short post to introduce you all to my good friend Christian Dadswell who has kindly agreed...
2011-08-17
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Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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