A DMV a Day – Day 17
The DMV for Day 17 is sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats, which is described by BOL as:
Returns counts of different types of index operations...
2010-04-17
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Blog Posts
Latest Simple-Talk.com Article Published on Deployment Management - to be Front Page Starting Monday
After several months of reflection/rewrites with colleagues (because orignally I forgot the Rollback plan - oops), and reworking the bilingual templates,...
2010-04-17
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A DMV a Day – Day 16
We have two DMVs for Day 16. The first one is sys.dm_exec_cached_plans, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row...
2010-04-16
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Book Review – SQL Server Integration Services: Problem – Design – Solution
I usually don't do book reviews (at least publicly, anyway), but when I find a piece of work that I...
2010-04-16
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Confio Ignite: Part II
I’m continuing to evaluate Confio’s Ignite database monitoring tool. I’ve had it collecting data on a couple of production servers...
2010-04-16
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My Idea for the PASS Summit 2010 Opening Night Reception
First, some background. If you’ve been to the Summit you know that we have an opening night reception, lots of...
2010-04-16
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Powershell SMO Problem
We’ve been running the Enterprise Policy Management tools available from Codeplex for a few months now (Thanks to Buck Woody’s...
2010-04-16
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SQL Server 2008 R2
The RTM date is out for SQL Server 2008 R2. At the UK Tech Days it was released as May...
2010-04-16
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit (April 2010 Update)
On Aprill 2010 is available the SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit. This training kit inlcudes:
Presentations (22)Demos...
2010-04-16
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Visiting Chicago
A few weeks back I was in Chicago for three days for work. I’ve been through the airport a couple...
2010-04-16
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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