PASS Summit 2013 – Day 3: Query Tuning, Memory Internals, SSIS and PowerShell
This is actually the first formal day of the PASS Summit, but it’s my third day here. I have already...
2013-10-17
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Guy Glantser
PASS Summit 2013 – Day 2: The PASS Spirit
This is my second day into the PASS Summit 2013, and the excitement is still rising. My first day was...
2013-10-16
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PASS Summit 2013 – My First Day and Paul White
This is my first time to attend the PASS Summit. I was very excited about it, and I planned to...
2013-10-15
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How Much Unallocated Space do I Have in My Database Files
In a previous post, I wrote about when and how to shrink your database files. The bottom line was that...
2013-08-13
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My Summary of 24 Hours of PASS
Once a year, just before the annual PASS Summit, there is a promotional event called 24 Hours of PASS. The...
2013-08-05
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When and How to Shrink Your Database
Most DBAs know that shrinking a database is a bad thing. But in many cases, there is no DBA around,...
2013-08-01
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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