Awarded – Microsoft Community Contributor Award 2012
Today, I’ve received an email from Microsoft stating that I’ve been awarded Microsoft Community Contributor. This is the first time...
2012-10-18
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Basit's SQL Server Tips
How to secure SQL Server?
Databases are an important reservoir of sensitive information, and that is why it is important for us as a DBA...
2012-10-15
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Using SQL Server 2012 FileTables
Reblogged from Basit's SQL Server Tips:
SQL Server 2012 allows you to store file/directories in a special table called FileTable that...
2012-10-15
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Understanding DBCC CHECKDB, to deal with corrupt database
Database files are volatile, constantly being changed and updated, so that, like any other volatile files in the system, there...
2012-10-08
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Rebuild indexes based on fragmentation - sp_RebuildIndex
Reblogged from Basit's SQL Server Tips:
In my previous post here, I’ve discussed how we can detect fragmentation in SQL Server...
2012-10-07
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2012-10-07
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DML Triggers to track SQL Server Agent Jobs creation, deletion and modification events
SQL Server Agent jobs are crucial to any SQL Server environment, as they are used for scheduling and performing critical...
2012-10-01
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Transact-SQL analytic functions in SQL Server can help solve problems quickly
Like other mainstream commercial database systems, SQL Server supports analytic functions in Transact-SQL to depict complex analytical tasks. With the...
2012-09-21
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Database Recovery Advisor feature of SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2012 introduces Database Recovery Advisor that provides significant user experience improvements to the ways DBAs can restore databases...
2012-09-19
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Logon Triggers: SQL Server
As the name implies, logon triggers fire in response to the logon event that is raised when a user sessions...
2012-09-17
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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