Use the Best Tool for the Task - Part 2
Yesterday I posted about how Transact-SQL was better suited than SMO for gathering details about database files for a database...
2009-09-03
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Blog Posts
Warming up Analysis Services with Preallocate
With Windows Server 2003 many people found that Analysis Services (SSAS) was slow to get going sometimes. So a preallocate...
2009-09-03
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24 Hours of PASS was an Adventure
On July 21, just a few short weeks ago, I got an e-mail from Rick Heiges, who is on the...
2009-09-02
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Article of the Week – SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Enhancements
I have been following this series of articles since the first article was published on SQLServerCentral. The author, Arshad Ali,...
2009-09-02
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Building a Better Blog
I had a great session for the 24 Hours of PASS on Building a Better Blog. Not sure how well...
2009-09-02
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Data Type Synonyms
Today on sql server central QOD. very interesting question on Data Type Synonyms...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/questions/Programming/67390/
We can use the synonyms data type also...
2009-09-02
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Finally Migrating from SQL 2000
I suspect I’m not alone in that I’ve had SQL 2000 running for a long time with no problems and...
2009-09-02
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How practical is a netbook?
I’ve I was having lunch with another SQL Geek and we were talking about netbooks and how practical they are....
2009-09-02
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How To Get Table Row Counts Quickly And Painlessley
Just a quick note to call out that I've had an article posted on SQLServerCentral that shows how to retrieve...
2009-09-02
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Nice Discounts On Microsoft Certification Exams From Prometric
Prometric is offering 15% or 20%, or 25% off on selected Microsoft certification exams. The lower level Technology Specialist (TS)...
2009-09-02
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Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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