August 2011 SQL Server 2008 Instance Level Diagnostic Queries
Since it is August 1, 2011 (which is also my birthday), I thought it would be a good time to...
2011-08-01
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Blog Posts
August Meme Monday – Crap Code
Interesting topic this month posted by Thomas LaRock. This month he has chosen “crap code” as the topic. I think it is interesting because there really are so many...
2011-08-01
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August Meme Monday – Crap Code
Interesting topic this month posted by Thomas LaRock. This month he has chosen “crap code” as the topic. I think...
2011-08-01
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August Question: How Do You Manage Your Transact-SQL Scripts?
Whether it is Transact-SQL for applications you are developing, or just for routine administrative tasks, managing Transact-SQL has never been...
2011-08-01
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For your CIO: Building Technical Leaders
I might send this to a VP or CIO: Global CIO: A Framework For Developing Technical Leaders. It’s an article...
2011-08-01
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Notes from SQLSaturday #81
I started by journey to Birmingham by leaving work at 1130 and getting to the airport in time to have...
2011-08-01
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Recruiting for “Women In Technology” panelist for Oregon SQLSaturay Oct 8th, 2011
We are recruiting panelists for a “Women in Technology” discussion at SQLSaturday Oregon. SQLSaturday is an all-day free training event...
2011-08-01
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Rolling your own index lookups
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been training developers in what they really need to know about SQL Server to...
2011-08-01
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SQL Server “Denali”: Project Apollo
Project Apollo is a new feature in CTP3 of SQL Server Denali that enables a new columnstore index that offers...
2011-08-01
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Telecommuting - Hype or Happening? - Making the Case to your Higher-ups
We've seen the argument before, that working from home, actually increases productivity. This is one of the major cases in...
2011-08-01
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Blogs
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Do the Experts Become...
Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments...
Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers