How to obtain RecordCount (or Number of cases) from a DMX query
This one caught my eye on the Data Mining Forum and it is not the first time that this one...
2010-01-05
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Blog Posts
Introduction to the SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor
This is an excerpt from my free eBook, Brad’s Sure Guide to SQL Server 2008.
I think most of us are...
2010-01-05
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New Blog Feed URL
Not easy to find yet on the new site, you can find it at http://www.sqlandy.com/feed/.
2010-01-05
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PASS Summit – Where to Hold it in 2011
Bill Graziano posted some thoughts about the merits of East Coast vs West Coast placement of the Summit. He did...
2010-01-05
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Primary Key Discovery
As a part of my DB documentation process for a large database, I needed a method to quickly show me...
2010-01-05
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Sometimes the tools don’t work
We have a lot of administrative tools for SQLServerCentral that are available online. Most of the work I do can...
2010-01-05
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What Matters Is What They Want
In September 1986 my family returned to Beaufort, SC, from a three year tour stationed at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan. My father was...
2010-01-05
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2010-01-04
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Almost Back from Vacation
I’ve been ‘on vacation’ for two weeks and it’s been nice to relax. I wasn’t able to unplug entirely, but...
2010-01-04
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Early Reviews of New Intel 32nm Desktop and Mobile CPUs
Well, now that the holidays are over and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is nearly upon us, we are starting...
2010-01-04
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Blogs
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...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you’ve been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Forums
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Long is a Long...
T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL...
Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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