What Does It Look Like When Everything Is Okay?
I'm a big believer in looking at systems when everything is okay. I'm not the only one, as Joe Richards, a...
2010-02-22
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Blog Posts
What’s up with the reads?
So the other day I read Andrew Kelly’s article, Do You Have Hidden Cache Problems, in the latest electronic edition...
2010-02-22
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When Should You Start Speaking?
I know it’s daunting and a little intimidating, but there are so many people with knowledge to share. I see...
2010-02-22
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Data Type Precedence and Implicit Conversions
In my last post, I noted that one of the biggest differences between ISNULL and COALESCE was the fact that...
2010-02-21
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Disk Partition Alignment
This whitepaper from Greg Lowe talks about the important strategy behind disk partition alignment. This is focused mainly in SQL...
2010-02-21
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Free Data From Across the Pond
Ok so I know a statement like that will whip some of you into a frenzy, but it’s true. No...
2010-02-21
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I’m givin’ ‘er all she’s got!
Or am I?
As I proceed down the path on a consolidation project, I have taken time to pause and ponder...
2010-02-21
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I'm Speaking at SQLLunch
I am excited to be speaking at SQLLunch.com on March 1st. SQL Lunch is a great website event where Host...
2010-02-21
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MDX Member Functions
There are a large number of Member functions in MDX that do everything from returning ancestry of a member to...
2010-02-21
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Measure Group Properties Explained
When configuring measure groups in SSAS, you want to make sure you address a few important properties. They are show...
2010-02-21
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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