Working on the Railroad
I work with a client that has an office about 25 yards from a train track and recently the railroad...
2011-02-14
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Blog Posts
Writing A Month Long Blog Series
You might wake up one day soon and think, “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool to write a month long blog...
2011-02-14
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DBA 101: Why Don’t People Run Backups
It happened multiple times this week. It happens multiple times every week. Some poor soul is posting on a message...
2011-02-13
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Evaluating Performance of View and Stored procedure
I got a chance to evaluate performance of both views and stored procedure for high level decision making.
As all of Us knows that purpose/scope...
2011-02-13
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Examining PFS, GAM and SGAM pages
Anyone who can interpret data and index pages will surely think about interpreting PFS, GAM and SGAM pages. I am...
2011-02-13
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SSMS Tools Pack – Script Grid Results
Most of us like things that make our lives easier. When they’re free, it’s just that much sweeter. I would...
2011-02-13
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Get Well Trevor – Call to action!
Tim Ford, SQL MVP and all around Good Guy, has been having a really hard time so far in 2011....
2011-02-12
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I travel, I work, I EAT
As most of you know I am a consultant with Pragmatic Works, which requires me to travel a bit. During...
2011-02-12
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Presentation Slides For Hardware 201 at SQLSaturday #66 in Colorado Springs
I will be giving my Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Hardware for OLTP Performance presentation at SQLSaturday #66 at 1:30PM...
2011-02-12
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A NULL Is Not Unknown
Like it or not, NULLs happen. I don’t think that’s I’ve ever seen a production database that didn’t have NULLs. I’m not arguing whether or not NULLs in a...
2011-02-11
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Blogs
Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
Materialized lake views (MLVs) in Microsoft Fabric are an effective way to implement medallion...
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
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Increase Deadlock Detection
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