How NOLOCK Will Block Your Queries
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Note: the problem described below applies to all SELECT queries, not just those adorned with NOLOCK hints. The fact that it applies to NOLOCK queries...
2017-10-10
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Kill a Connection, Session, or Command in Analysis Services
One of the useful features of the SSAS Activity Monitor is the ability to cancel sessions and queries. Though there is...
2017-10-10
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Microsoft Ignite US 2017 – Major Azure Announcements
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Microsoft Ignite is probably the biggest technical event that Microsoft host yearly with many major announcements across the entire solutions portfolio suite –...
2017-10-09
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Microsoft Ignite US 2017 – Major Azure Announcements
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
Microsoft Ignite is probably the biggest technical event that Microsoft host yearly with many major...
2017-10-09
456 reads
Using xp_delete_file
First, this is an undocumented proc, and there’s nothing in BOL on this. Second, it’s a holdover from previous versions,...
2017-10-09
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The evolution of SQL Server towards Digital Transformation challenges
SQL Server on Linux boosts the database market for Microsoft. Support of PolyBase (a feature to work with Big Data...
2017-10-09
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 72 – HTML Viewer)
In this module you will learn how to use the HTML Viewer. The HTML Viewer allows you to display the...
2017-10-17 (first published: 2017-10-09)
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SQL Server 2017 Encrypted Backups And Compression
Let’s work through some code to do an encrypted backup. This feature is available to you if you are using...
2017-10-18 (first published: 2017-10-09)
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Small identity columns
We frequently talk about dealing with outgrowing INT identity columns. What we don’t talk about all that often is small...
2017-10-17 (first published: 2017-10-09)
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Understanding ANOVA
ANOVA – or analysis of variance, is a term given to a set of statistical models that are used to analyze...
2017-10-16 (first published: 2017-10-09)
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
Forums
Massive Table Growth Issue – How to Set Up Filegroup Usage Alerts?
Hello We recently encountered an issue where a SQL table unexpectedly grew in size...
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
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BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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