PASS 2009 Evaluation Results
The results are in, and I'm pleased, but not satisfied. I delivered a brand new session called Gather SQL Server...
2010-01-13
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Blog Posts
PASS DBA Virtual Chapter Presentation
I got the opportunity to present to the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter today, discussing the properties and practical uses of...
2010-01-13
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Primary Key Discovery II
In Part I, I discussed a couple of scripts that could be used to help discover some vital information about...
2010-01-13
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SQL Pass session evaluations
I finally got the last of my PASS Summit session evals and so, like someotherpeople, I thought I’d make them...
2010-01-13
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SQL Server Standard Volume 7 Issue 1
Kathi Kellenberger’s fantastic new article is available in the latest issue of SQL Server Standard. There are a lot more...
2010-01-13
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Tally Table - String Cleaning
Overview
This is something that most people eventually need for reporting purposes. This function uses a Tally table to 'clean' a...
2010-01-13
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The Advantage of GUIDs
I never liked GUIDs, not really using them in most of my development until I had a conversation many years...
2010-01-13
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Why not play my cards?
Still no work on my laptop. It’s been over 24 hours since I left a message for the customer escalation...
2010-01-13
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Why not play my cards?
Still no work on my laptop. It’s been over 24 hours since I left a message for the customer escalation...
2010-01-13
720 reads
Finding Invalid SQL Logins
As many of you know the system stored procedure sp_validatelogins is used for finding invalid logins. Although sp_validatelogins is useful there's...
2010-01-12
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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...
Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
Analysis Services (either the integrated workspace in Power BI or on a SQL Server)...
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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