SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for August 2013
I have gone through and made some minor updates and bug fixes for all of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information...
2019-04-02 (first published: 2013-08-09)
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Blog Posts
Testing with Temporary Stored Procedures
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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...
2019-04-02
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Testing with Temporary Stored Procedures
Watch this week's video on YouTube
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...
2019-04-02
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Using Temporal Tables for Slowly Changing Dimensions
One of my favorite recent additions to SQL Server is the ability to use temporal tables to retain change history. As I wrote in an earlier post on this...
2019-04-02
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Vote on Connect Items for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 and 2012 Service Packs
As we get closer to the end of mainstream support for both SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2...
2019-04-02 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Customizing Statistics Histogram in SQL Server 2019
The use of statistics in SQL Server is tightly embedded in the query optimizer and query processor. The creation and maintenance of statistics is usually handled by the SQL...
2019-04-01
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Distributed Replay Utility – The Search for the Cure
The Complaint(s) When I was young, I went to nursing school. In school, we were taught that in order to come up with a proper diagnosis, the doctor first...
2019-04-01
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Indexed Views – Performance Panacea or Plight
An indexed view is a view where the result set from the query (the view definition) becomes materialized in lieu of the virtual table result set of a standard (non-indexed) view. Many...
2019-04-01
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Jobs That Beat The Caring Out Of You
I was inspired by Jen McCown’s story here. Read that first. It’s WAY better than mine. This is not an April Fools post. Fools are involved, but none were...
2019-04-01
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Making a life change
It is with a very heavy heart that I announce I will no longer be working with SQL Server. In ... Continue reading
2019-04-01
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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