Increasing deadlocks with NoLock
One of my personal pet issues is with inappropriate use of the NOLOCK hint (and read uncommitted) . Don't get me...
2010-04-23
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Blog Posts
Looking forward to Optimize for Ad hoc Workloads in Sql Server 2008
Looking forward to Optimize for Ad hoc Workloads in Sql Server 2008
One of the features of SQL Server 2008 that...
2010-04-23
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Presenting at 2010 European PASS – Sort Of
I was so looking forward to the trip to Germany to speak at the European PASS Summit
on April 22nd. Two...
2010-04-23
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Results of Microsoft Certification Poll
In a recent poll at www.bradmcgehee.com, I asked website visitors if they had any Microsoft SQL Server certifications, and if...
2010-04-23
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Rules to Live By: Do the Hard Things First
I can’t say I stick to this one 100 percent of the time, but it’s definitely a deeply held belief....
2010-04-23
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Script of the week
Every week I will scour the internet for useful SQL scripts and post my favorite on here.
This weeks comes from...
2010-04-23
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Road Show Recap
This past week I had the opportunity to speak at three SQL Server R2 Launch events.I spoke in three cities...
2010-04-23
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A DMV a Day – Day 22
The DMV for Day 22 is sys.dm_exec_query_memory_grants, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about the queries that have acquired...
2010-04-22
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An Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Change Data Capture
This is an excerpt from my free eBook, Brad’s Sure Guide to SQL Server 2008, which can be downloaded here.
As...
2010-04-22
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Consulting and the MBA
The year is 1991. Nirvana’s Smells like teen spirit is the must-have album of the year. And everyone who is...
2010-04-22
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Blogs
Reading SQL Server File Headers with DBCC FILEHEADER
I’ve been doing a deep dive into SQL Server on-disk structures lately, and one...
T-SQL Tuesday #197 – An impactful session or two from a conference – RECAP
By DataOnWheels
Thanks to everyone who joined the blog party this month. I noticed three themes...
OpenClaw- Agentic Engineering
By Vinay Thakur
This week has training on AI – Cyber security experts – Omar Santos and...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences V
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can generate values before an insert statement is executed?
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