Non use of persisted data
Working at a client site, that in itself is good to say, I ran into a set of circumstances that...
2011-06-13
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Blog Posts
PASS Update #56-SQLRally 2012 Site Selection
Note: This is a good, bad, and ugly post. We took some chances, got some things right, got more than...
2011-06-13
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Speaking at SALSSA June 15th 2011:Understanding Storage Systems and SQL Server
I am very exicted to be speaking at the San Antonio PASS chapter SALSSA! It’s been way to long and...
2011-06-13
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SQL Server Instant File Initialization (PQW)
Bluntly put, this is something that you always want to be taking advantage of.
As a Database Administrator I’m always on...
2011-06-13
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SSAS - Understanding KeyColumns Dimension Property
For many Analysis Services developers building dimensions with many attributes and hierarchies is something that comes as second nature to...
2011-06-13
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SSAS Maestro - Day 1 - Redux
Well it’s been an exciting couple of weeks leading up to this course. We have tweaked what we could in...
2011-06-13
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SSIS Fuzzy Lookup Error
A Fuzzy Lookup Task in SSIS that I was working on was bombing out, and I had a heck of...
2011-06-13
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Time for a Little PD
No, PD doesn’t stand for PowerShell Development. It stands for Professional Development. Sharks either swim or die (and yes, I...
2011-06-13
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What is the best value for Fill Factor in SQL Server?
Introduction
When an index is created or rebuilt, the fill-factor value determines the percentage of space on each leaf-level page to...
2011-06-13
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What’s a Disaster?
In working on my Preparation for Disaster presentation and doing research, one of the questions that came up early for...
2011-06-13
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
Forums
Fulltext filter daemon host (FDHost) process has stopped abnormally
We have performed a side-by-side upgrade, from SQL Server 2016 to 2022 Developer Edition,...
Automating OSM Data Refresh in Power BI’s Azure Maps Reference Layer
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Database Mail Configuration
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Question of the Day
Database Mail Configuration
If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?
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