Reading Time: 15 minutes (it is quite hard going, but you need to know this if you need to work with the DacFx)
DacFx - Getting the data type of...
2019-04-17
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Over the last almost 2 years (wow how time flys when you are having fun) we’ve practiced all kinds of ... Continue reading
2019-04-17 (first published: 2019-04-03)
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I am very proud to announce that I have been selected to present an exciting preconference training session at this year’s SQL Saturday Atlanta on May 17th, 2019, called...
2019-04-17
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One of the easiest things to fix when performance tuning queries are Key Lookups or RID Lookups. The key lookup operator occurs when the query optimizer performs an index...
2019-04-17 (first published: 2019-04-03)
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A while back I learned that it’s possible to create temporary stored procedures in SQL Server. I never put that knowledge into practice however because I struggled to think of...
2019-04-16 (first published: 2019-04-02)
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(2019-Apr-02) Last week Microsoft introduced a new Validation activity task to the Azure Data Factory (ADF) - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/control-flow-validation-activity Initially, I was confused by its name, thinking that it would help me...
2019-04-16 (first published: 2019-04-03)
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There are many options available for improving the performance of a query: indexes, statistics, configuration settings, etc...
However, not all environments allow you to use...
2019-04-16
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Watch this week's video on YouTube
There are many options available for improving the performance of a query: indexes, statistics, configuration settings, etc...
However, not all environments allow you to use...
2019-04-16
5 reads
Got this email from a client in the southern US asking how to up their game in SQL Server, frustrated by a lack of hands-on opportunities to administer SQL...
2019-04-15
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A database can be offline at the time that you take over responsibility of the database. You will be asked when it was taken offline. This script will help...
2019-04-15
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By gbargsley
Have you ever received the dreaded error from SQL Server that the TempDB log...
By Chris Yates
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept. It is here, embedded in the...
Every Scooby-Doo mystery starts with a haunted house, a strange villain, and a trail...
Statistics Collection Interval: Defines the level of granularity for the collected runtime statistic, expressed...
I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (RTM-CU17) (KB5048038) - 16.0.4175.1 (X64) Microsoft Corporation...
i have sqlexpress on rds, is there any way i can get notifacation that...
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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