Pliant Technology, Enterprise Flash Drives For Your SQL Server: Part 2
Adding In Others For Contrast
In our first part we introduced Pliant and the LS 300 drive. In part 2 we...
2011-07-06
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Blog Posts
Recovering a Database
So you’re restored a database, restored a few logs, all with NORECOVERY as expected and realize there are no more...
2011-07-06
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Replacing Cursors with Set-Based SQL Queries – Part 2
Part 2 of a discussion about replacing cursors with SQL statements for significant speed improvements.
In a recent post I discussed...
2011-07-06
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SQL Server Analysis Services Operations Guide published
Another whitepaper to add to your “to read” list: SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Operations Guide
This white paper describes...
2011-07-06
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Converting OR to Union
When I looked at indexing for queries containing predicates combined with OR, it became clear that the are some restrictive...
2011-07-05
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Deleting Accounts from Websites
I ran across this article about How to Delete an Account from Any Website on the PC Magazine web site....
2011-07-05
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How my SQL Server trainings helped Hannes and his company to improve their SQL Server based software
In the last months I have done a lot of SQL Server consulting engagements where I
have seen the craziest performance...
2011-07-05
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July Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s a new month, and time to check out your SQL Servers to make sure everything is configured and working...
2011-07-05
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PASS SQL Rally 2011 Evaluations
In keeping with the all my other major speaking engagements, I’m posting the results of my pre-con and session evals...
2011-07-05
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SQL Server “Denali”: Project Crescent
Project “Crescent” is a new interactive data exploration and visual presentation experience coming in the next version of SQL Server, code-named “Denali”. It will...
2011-07-05
1,386 reads
Blogs
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...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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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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